The Sun. — London, England, 1839-04-29 00:00:00

v t EVEN MR. WAGIIORN. A subscription is raising in the city to which the names of many of the first mercantile firms are already attached, for the purpose of assisting Mr. Waghorn to defray the extraordinary expenses to which he has been subjected by the Post-office in transmitting letters from Egypt to London and back. Such ate the services rendered to com merce and the country generally by the exertions of this gentleman in improving the communica tions with India, t"at there prointhly never oc curred any case of the kind in which so strong a claim for protection and support was esta blished. Our acquaintance with Mr. Waghorn is now of above twelve years' standing, when his great projects were still in embryo, and we were led to afford him our cordial aid. and by the powerful recommendations he brought with him from India and the Cape of Good Hope, and by marking in him an ardent, in telligent, and disinterested mind, which led him to overlook or to disregard the immense difficulties which lay in his way, we came early to the con clusion that all which it was possible for a single individual to accomplish would be achieved by Mr. Waghorn. In that long interval we have kept him in view, moving as he did from India to England and back again, one or twice in every year ; at one time urging the merchants of the Indian presiden cies to second him, as they did most cordially, in the cause to which he had devoted himself; at another- fixing himself for months together in Egypt, contriving - means to secure the friend ship of the Pasha, and for lessening the difficulties of the route through the desert ; then, on his return to England, engaged in making converts of the merchants in London and the outports to the prac ticability, as well as the great importance, of his undertaking, encountering some personal but more official hostility, yet making way insfpite of oppo sition. So great was his activity and perseverance, that an impression was gradually made upon the Board of Trade, the Board of Control, and that other almost unapproachable Board (by any private effort), the East India Direction. The power that sustained him in these immense and long-continued efforts is almost beyond comprehension, but the fact is quite undeniable, that whatever has been done for the improvement of the communications with India, and we hold it to be one of the greatest and most substantial benefits ever conferred on the country, is entirely and exclusively owing to the exertions of Mr. Waghorn. All that has been done by others has been done by following in the path he was the first to traverse and point out. Even new, though the realization of his plans is ostensibly confided to the Post-Office and the East India Company, with all the knowledge he has col lected and all the facilities he has provided, after driving him from any participation in arrangements which, but for him, would never have existed, we find Mr. Waghorn, with energy scarcely slackened by the years which have since rolled over him, es tablishing a private agency of his own for the com e. municetions with India, and repeatedly getting the start in point o f ti me over b o th his powerful rivals. Opposition, therefore, in this stage of his career, is, in appearance, quite exhausted. But there is yet one more danger to be surmounted. Mr.Wag ' horn himself can undertake conveyance only for a ' portion of the route, though he can superintend the whole : he must be indebted for the rest to the as sistance of the Post-office arrangements of this country, and is at their mercy for the terms on which they think fit to render him this service— that is, he is at the mercy of a power which he has repeatedly humbled at:d mortified, and offended consequently past all forgivenness. The terms, therefore, therefore. are such as to stifle his undertaking, to crush him utterly, unless some friendly hand is stretched out for his sup port. This, then, is the object of the sub scription now raising in the city ; and, where ever the circumstances out of which it arose live became known, the srmpathv with Mr. Wag- I horn has been unequivocally manifested. When Ithey are m ore gen e ra l ly difl use d an d reach the out ports an.l maaufacturing districts, where his services . arc still better understood and more highly valued than in London, a large and liberal subscription may safely be anticipated. The Post-office tax, here referred to, is recently imposed, and amounts to 2s. per ounce upon letters from Malta to Alexandria alone, besides other charges. If not expressly got up to crush Mr. Waghorn, we should say that there is the strongest prima facie evidence of it, and if so, it discovers a meanness and baseness of spirit which should be help up to universal execration. The subscriptions raised in the city for this pur pose, in the course of the last three days, amount to nearly 5001.--Times. DISASTROUS VOYAGE OF THE ROBERT ISAACS FOR NEW YORK. ( Extract of a Letter written by a Passenger.) The ship Robert Isaacs, of Savannah, sailed from Liverpool for New York on the olst of January. The weather continued fine and the wind fair until the Ist of February, is hick commenced with a severe g, - de from S.S.W., and a heavy sea, ‘vhich caused the vessel to labour much, and ship a great deal of water. From the lot to the 6th of February we sustained almost daily losses in sails and rigging, hut on the latter day, at two p.m., being then under close-reefed fore topsail only, the ship was suddenly struck by a squall, exceeding. in violence what had ever been experienced by the oldest seaman on board. In an instant our fore noun and tnizen-topmast with all their rigging and sails attached were carried away, the mainmast rendered LISC.- less, and the foremast greatly damaged. The main rigginx WUS mostly carried away, and the fore and mizen rigging greatly injured by the falling of the spars. The lower yards in falling struck two of our boats, and rendered them unfit for repair. Jib-boom and bowsprit were injured. The sea at the tine rose prodigiously, and the heavy rolling of the ship rendered it impossible fur a long tone to clear away the broken spars and sails. A jury foretop mast was ri , ,lged in a few days, and we endeavoured to proceed on our voyage, being then , n long. 36, but dur;ng the succeeding three weeks we ad little else thin a continuation of gales of wind, which ; carri e d ,wa•• almost all our sa il s , an d t h e h eavy , 'bourn:; of the &iip caused great apprehension of her founderiag. On the 4th of March Cwi rudder head and bolts broke away, after every atteinpt to strengthen it by hawsersins ; it was finally carried away on the 6th, by a tremendous sea, which at the same time broke open the rudder case, and the water rushing in when the chip rolled, it was the opinion of all on board that but little chance of our escape remained. As a last resource it was determined to lighten the ship by throwing a part of the cargo overboard, but little could be effected at this time, owing to waves fre qtently breaking over the ship. On the 10th of March, the weather having mode rated, we recommr-need discharging the ship, and con tinued doing so until the 23d instant, when about half or tesr,thirds of the goods had been thrown overboard. From the 4th to the 10th of March the vessel drifted entirely at the mercy of the winds, all attempts at re placiag the rudder having proved ineffectual. On the latter date, however, a hawser with a number of drags attached having been got overboard, it was found in soma degree to place the ship under control, and all hope of being able to proceed to the westward having been long abandoned, it was determined to endeavour to reach Fayal. Having missed that island, owing to the temporary ruder having been driven out of its place, we finally reached Angra Bay (Terceira) on the 30th ult. Most of the passengers o❑ board this ship were saved f:om the wreck of the Lockwoods, off Liverpool, during the hurricane in January last. No reprieve having arrived, the execution 4;) Charles Doings, found guilty (at our last Assizes) of ad. ministering poison to his wife with intent to murder her, is expected to take place this day ( Saturday). —Norfolk Chronicle. CAPTURE OW A HORSE STEALER.—On the night of Tuesday last, or early on the Wednesday morning, a valuable grey horse was stolen from the farmyard of Mr. I William Sewell, of Brampton, in Suffolk; and Mr. S. immediately put out hand-bills offering a reward of Si. for the discovery of the offender. On the Wednesday estrange man, with a grey horse, was offering it for sale to Mr. Par fitt, butcher, of Shottisham. Mr. P. had never seen the bills, but from the price asked, and other circumstances, HOttSE FAlR.—There was some he conceived the horse was a stolen one ; and after some parleying and hesitation about changing for one of his own, bustle in the town on the week preceding the fair, but no got the horse into his stable, and locked the door, telling, t h e great stir of business. Some of the extensive purchasers of e horses had not yet made their appearance, and man to call up in a short time. Parfitt then came off f or carriag 1 No rw i c h, w h ere h e ca ll e d at t h e S tat i on -h ouse, and th ere was on ly a s l ac k i nqu i r y f or sec ondary coach and, ma- Rave ittformat,on. L. H. Smith, the active police super- chine horses. W. Whitlam, Esq., of Tows, sold a large 1 `ate dent of the 13lofield Hundred, fortunately happened string on Saturday, and Mr. Hooker, of Firsby, a lot of 1 0. h.: there, and immediately set off in search of the man twenty-one of the best description. The general average ) wit h Parfitt. After travelling from sixty to seventy miles, of horses is reported to be uncommonly good ; prices ra -1 lnes found out the owner of the horse, and alto suc- ther of a lower tendency than last year. A later account ce'Aed, with the assistance of Chalker, the Burgay officer, states that the fair has decidedly improved for first-rate in• capturing the thief, about six o'clock on 'I bursday carriage horses and hunters, which are obtaining very high mor-•' .inir, ,it. Bur, gay . prices. The inferior are becoming in less demand, and are offeredßrampton, tte of horse the Lie prove to be a labourer rom d n_ o am_e of G.. 7 e Smith. When he scarcely looked at, being nearly unsaleable at any price. The string sold by W. Whitlam, Esq., mentioned before, Chandler, "r 1 stated' thParfihti: fhaethgearvfe ar h nl i d inlamooe aCe'reeoargoef re learn consisted of fifteen horses, that produced the net land, a, d that his brother was a laris , e dealer horses. It sum of 1,450/. ; they were purchased by those eminent ! „,,• f; .anti that the Err-oner Sroi,h had enlisted into the London de:/lers, Messrs. Dyson, Anderson, and Elmore. 77i , r , c , , :ii , : , nt of Ir ' He ~ , ti-n ,1 fo-e R.• , be,t Thif Grafto , i estate, near Shrewsbury, was sold lid . - :iler, Est e ., Lad f•ii. comnort..i io Beceles Gaul for j last week to Wm. Birch Price, Esq., of Myttoa H a ll, for trial for the affeecie.....Norfolk Chronicle-. I 21,5001. RAILWAYS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—The proceedings of Parliament on the mwion of Lord G. Somerset respecting Railways are of great importance, and unless conducted with care by disinte rested parties, and under correct information, are cAcu lated to do infinite mischief, not only to Railway pro perty, as it at present stands, but to its ultimate secu rity, and will tend materially to discourage public undertakings under the sanction of Parliament for any purpose, however benfficial they might be to general good. Having some knowledge of the particular c:r cuinstances which led to the late dispute between the Railway Company in London, and Messrs. Robins and Co. carriers, iald which was the cause of the Parlia mentary interference above alluded to, I have consi dered that this act of preference in one public body may most probably lead to general restrictions, which are not required, to the discouragement of that spirit and science which is at present doing wonders for the advancement of our comfort and con venience ; and have taken the liberty of transmitting you the result which some experience on the present state of the main line of railway has enabled me to form, which, if you consider worthy of notice, you may hand down to the public. There can be no doubt of the fact, that railways afford a most superior mode of conveyance, compared with the best which we have hitherto been accustomed to, and which they are rapidly superseding. The very fact of their so superseding them is a direct proof of their superiority in public estimation. Tra velling between London and the north of England is now performed in half the time, at half the expense, with half the fatigue, and with one twentieth past of the danger, as it was by coach and horses or posting. Per sons who from ill health or other causes could not have undertaken a long journey, can now go one hundred miles with ease. Noblemen, Members of Parliament, and merchants, whose business may call them from their houses to London, are enabled to pass the entire week in town, and leaving there on Saturday night, are conveyed to their own breakfast table in the north of England by Sunday morning. Goods which by canal were from four to six days be tween London and the manufacturing districts, are now only twelve hours in transit, at the same expense ; and one great blessing which railway conveyance,by its expedition, affords, is that it has nearly superseded the necessity for Sunday work and Sunday travelling. Such being the benefits derived from railways, the public very natu rally give them a preference wherever they are esta blished to the discontinuance of the old mode of tra velling. Still there is a strong prejudice against them, arising from various causes, but I have noticed that the complaints against them, which have been at all worthy of notice, have originated chiefly from the incompleteness of Railways, or of their ar rangements. These, of course, with their causes, are daily subsiding. It should be considered that Railways have withdrawn from some localities their accustomed and more direct modes of conveyance to particular points, without having yet provided others equally convenient in their stead. They have intro duced a restraint upon the conduct of all travellers, which, in consequence of the numbers moving together, is necessary for general security. They have done away with that individual influence which parties, by dint of liberal fees to servants, used to exercise on the old roads, but above all, they have created a sud den and fearful deterioration in the value of property. on the old lines of road, and taken _ . from many families those means of obtaining a respect able livelihood, which they had in some instances en joyed fur generations. Amongst Post-masters, Inn keepers, Carriers, and their dependents, a revolution has) begun, with distressing progress, more especially against the masters. All these are loud and incessant in their outcry, and not without justice. A few years will stop all this ; but in the mean time, should not some means be thought of to frame a compensation for those who are suffering for the public convenience, and is it just or even is it ex pedient that our increase of comfort should be exacted at such a price as the ruin of thousands ? I would suggest that as far as possible all losses occasioned by the introduction of Railways (first, the deficiency in the moneys invested in shape of turnpike trust and post horse duty, afterwards any special and material losses by individuals) should be liquidated under the superintend ence of Commissioners, and that for such purpose there should be a duty laid (not on Railways, for that would be to tax a property whose profits are doubtful) but on the public traveller, for whose ben fit such property has been advanced at a considerable risk, widlst his advan tage is certain. Say a duty of 10 to 15 per cent. on the receipts for passengers, in addition to the fares charged by Railway, so that a fare of 20s. would be subject to a duty of 25., to be paid at same time, and ac counted for by the Railway Company in same manner as that from Insuran,:e Companies, and subject to the same commission of 5 per cent, for collection. The cost of posting a carriage, with two persons inside, from London to Liverpool, is not less than 20 guineas. The same is conveyed by Railway for 111. 10s. The ordi nary fare inside the Mail from Birmingham to Liver pool, was 2/. 25.; the journey is now performed for 21s. London and Liverpool, Manchester and Preston, are .. . now brought within ten hours' ride in a lux , urmus carriage, at the same expense as was charged Mr a scat outside of a coach, which was twenty-four hours in performing the same route. Surely then the public would have no reason to com plain if an additional charge of ten per cent. were made upon the present fares, with a view of compensation to those who had suffered for their advantage. Tne foregoing ideas have arisen out of the interference of Railway with coach travelling and posting ; but, from the cheap and expeditious means which Railways can supply, it will soon be found that the interests of Canals will be materially lowered. This, on the main lines of communication through the kingdom, and on some others, the Canal Companies can afford, having had more than their adequate profits for many years. The business, stock, and establishments of carriers will also suffer in the same manner as that of postmasters and coach proprietors ; and as far as practicable, compensation should be made to them ; but there is no reason whatever that the public should be debarred from the full enjoyment of every facility which Railway conveyance affords in this commercial country, however it may interfere with the interests of one class of persons. Nor is there any rcalon why the public should be prevented from dealing dxectly with the Railway Companies for the conveyance of their goods as well as of their p..rsoas. On the contrary, it will be much for the benefit of both if Rail way Companies themselves are the carriers, thereby avoiding all the delay, expense, and impositions which will occur if the carriers are to undertake the transit of goods, the same as there would be if all passengers were obliged to pass through the coach-office. Railway Companies will do well to offer the utmost possible convenience and the lowest possible rates they can to the public, in which they will find very dissatisfactory impediments to their dealings and performance, if they are in any way to depend upon the action of a third party, especially on one who is and must be for some time vitally opposed to their welfare. The interests are so numerous that are now arrayed in opposition to Railways, from causes More relerred to, that it behoves their various Companies to be most guardedin their movements, more especially in their con nection with those parties who are suffering by their advancement. They should be particularly anxious to avoid partiality in their arrangements, and not to allow inch% idual influence in their directory, how ever specious the pretext to warp them from a direct and general line of conduct. Partiality (however indi rect) in public bodies of such powerand general influence as R ,ilway Companies are, would be a most intolerable nuisance, and tend more than anything to bring the Company in which it was exhibited into disrepute. As to the subject of monopo:y, which is at present the great charge against Railways, it requires but a moment's con sideration to arrive at the conclusion that they exercise no further monopoly than what their superiority as a conveyance will command. The choice is in the hands of the public, and any measure which would tend to debar the public from the full enjoyment of that choice, or oblige them to use an inferior mode of transit, whilst a superior one was offered, would more fitly hear all the odium which is attached to the term monopoly. The Select Committee will do well not to be led, by individual complaints, from considering the present general advan tages which are enjoyed by the public from Railways, under the beneficial arrangements of their own Com mittees, and the prompt redress which has been given to all reasonable instances of neglect or mismanagement ; and what a gigantic undertaking theirs would be if the investigation was with a view of correcting the abuses which existed in coach-travelling, instead of those at tendant on Railways. Until railway-travelling, and the conveniences which can be applied in its working, are better understood by all parties, their arrangement and management will be best left in the hands of the Proprietors, whose interest it is, more especially, in the present state of things, to offer the utmost accommoda tion to the public. April 23, 1839. LINCOLN 111 E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1839 NATIONAL CHURCH ESTABLISH MENTS. Dr. Wardlaw last week delivered his sixth lecture upon National Church Establishments, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan having previously offered a prayer. The sub ject of the lecture was the efficiency of the voluntary principle. Christianity was essentially "a spiritual sys tem, and the contributions for the maintenance of the Christian worship ought to be from the heart and the willing mind.—(Cheers.) The voluntary principle war in harmony with the genius of Christianity, as every thing compulsory was opposed to it.—(Hear, hear.) In a State religion—that is a dominant sect, supported by exactions from other sects—what a large amount of un welcome offering must there have been for the service of God.—(Cheers.) Dr. Chalmers, indeed, had laid it down that a National Church Establishment was but the aggregate voluntaryism of the nation. This was an Utopian system, which, even if real, would be objectionable, but -at present in our own country it was otherwise, and must always be so where there was liberty of thought.—(Hear, bear.) And compulsory offerings were anything but acceptable to him who said, " I hate robbery for a burnt. offering." —(Laud cheers.) Dr. Chalmers had devoted his second lecture to vindicate a religious establishment in opposi tion to the economists and the free-trade system. It was only as one of the many questions indeed of politi cal economy, that the sevens of whom the Doctor spoke cared to discuss the question. He (Dr. Wardlaw) would not enter the lists with Dr. Chalmers on political economy, but simply would confine himself to the ques tion of Church Establishments. Dr. Chalmers was an advocate for free trade in general ; he was against boun ties and restrictions, and he was for leaving trade to be regulated by demand and supply ; but he said that there was a great difference between commerce and religion—that the former might be left to the natural demand, but the latter could not—that Christianity must go in quest of na ture, for that nature would not go in quest of Chris tianity. Certainly the principles of Christianity must be made known to the world in order to create a de mand, and that could be done by Christians from bene volent and philanthropic motives. The command of God was "go and preach the Gospel to all nations," and not " wait till they send for you."--(Cheers.) The great fallacy in Dr. Chalmers's argument was that lie confounded the official application of public funds with the voluntary benefactions of individuals.—( Hear, hear.) Dr. Chalmers had stated the question thus : " That the outcast millions ought to be reclaimed from ignorance, idolatry, and heathenism, we were all agreed. The only difference is as to the parties by whom the great achievenvnt should be attempted ; by the voluntary efforts of Christian benevolence ; or by an enlightened Government under the influence of a pa ternal anxiety for the highest weal of its subject popu lation." The question was here stated rather partially, for the collective philanthropy of the Church ought to be included on the one hand along with the " volen tary efforts of Christian benevolence"—and on the other hand, it could not be presumed that there would be any paternal Government acting from a sincere de sire for the highest weal of its subject population,— unless composed of real Christians ; and when would such a Government be found ? Now as to the effici ency of the voluntary principle—there was a previous question which he (Dr. W.) deemed should first be resolved, for when once it was settled, all difficulty ceased—implicit obedience became an imperative duty—and that question was, whether the voluntary principle in religion had divine sanction, and he (Dr.W.) believed it had.—(Hear, hear.) It would have been well if Dr. Chalmers had fully satisfied himself upon this point before he spoke of the voluntary principle with such lofty superciliousness, as " the most frail and fluctuating of all securities"—" the grand sectarian specific"—" essentially impotent in its imbecility."-- (Hear, hear.) Dr. Chalmers had spoken of it as of very recent growth ; but at its latest date, it was coeval with the days of Christ and his Apostles.—(Hear, hear.) And if it bad become, in the progress of time, subject to abu ses, it should be recollected that a principle ought not to be disowned because it had been attended with cor ruptions.—(H: ar, hear.) The voluntary principle had been resorted to, to a great extent, in the Church itself. and the Church-going population was chiefly composed of Dissenters.—(Hear, hear.) It was not fair, therefore, to represent voluntaryism as inefficient, from a glance at the present state of the country.—(Hear, hear.) If Dr, Chalmers argued that the Church Establishment system had failed, because it had not been carried far enough, the same argument might certainly be used by the voluntaries.—( Hear, hear.) The voluntaries did not represent that they would be able alone to sup ply the country with religious instruction, hut that the Church, when separated from the State, would be ren dered thereby more efficient, and would, with assistance, be competent to the work—or ought to be ; and one good effect of the present controversy would be, to in duce the Christian community to come forward more zealously with their worldly goods, for the diffusion of religion.— (Cheers. ) MERCANTILE MARINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I herewith send you a copy of a notice to master mariners, marines, mates, and seamen, of a petition to Parliament now lying for signature at Llo) d's C, - ffee• house and other places, praying the interfercnc , of the Legislature in the attainment of a moie equitable distri bution of the funds deducted from their wages, for the support of sick, maimed, and disabled -seamen. and the widows and children of such as 01111 be killed, slain, or drowned in the merchant service. By the petitin it an pears that an account was rendered to Parliament in May List from the Merchant Seamen's Corporation and Trustees at the outports, from which a balance sheet has been pre pared, and the A ecou t stands thus : Interest on Funded Property contiibuted by Seamen themselves or others, for th it benefit, in the hands of the Mer chant Seamen's Corporation and Trus tees at the Out•ports to 31,t of De- comber, 1837 Equal to a Capital of upwards of 160,000 0 0 Income for the year ending 31st of _ December, 1837 Am , unt expended for pensions far the same period Ditto, temporary relief, ditto Ditto, Management, ditto Balance in hands of Merchant Seamen's 52,415 11 9 28.912 8 4, 3,278 1 4,633 2 2 Corporation and Trustees at the Out ports on the 31st of December, 1837 45,067 9 7/ Hence it is evident that large sums contributed in youth and manhood to support them in age, or when invalided, are unappropriated. The allegations set forth, are of too grave a nature to pass unheeded, as justice, policy, and humanity alike demand that an immediate and rigid in quiry should be instituted, whether those large sums now lying dormant, in the hands of the Merchant Seamen's Corporation, and Trustees at the Out-ports might not be advantageously appropriated for the benefit of those for whose use they have been accumulated. It appears that Sir Edward Codrington has taken this matter in hand, may every success attend the Gallant Ad miral ; it is an effort worthy of him, no man can under stand the value of British Seamen better than that Officer, nor can consequently feel for the want and degradation to which too many are reduced by causes over which they have no controul. This effort may be hailed as the first tangible step that can be taken for the improve ment of the mercantile marine, and the collective wisdom of a Committee composed of Naval Officers, Officers of the Mercantile Marine, and Merchants, cannot fail to ac complish that which is partially . attempted by many Societi es now existing for the benefit of seamen. May I beg your insertion of this, in the hope that by the publicity thus given, the mariners at the various out-ports will get up similar petitions and intrust them to their representatives. Such measures 1 consider them bound to adopt, not only in justice to themselves, but to second the efforts of those who really have their interest at heart, and prove the sinecrity of their pro fessions by something more tlern words. A SUPPORTER OF THE SHIPWRECKED AND DISTRESSED SAILORS' ASY LUM, RATCLIFF HIGHWAY. April 25, 1839. ROYAL GERMAN SPA, BRIGHTON.—Under her Majesty's especial Patronage.—The Pump-room will re- open for the season on Monday, May 6. To the list of miner a l waters prepared and dispensed at the establishment will be added the lodine and Bromine waters of the Ade laide Spring in Bavaria, and of Kreuznech near Bingen. Prospectuses may be obtained of the London agents for the sale of bottled waters, George Waugh and Co., che mists to her Majesty, 177, Regent-street, and of I. Lucas, 63 , Cheapside., A detailed account of the establishment will be foundin Dr. Granville's work on the Spas of Ger many. EXTRA ALLOWANCE TO SOLDIERS WHEN MmtcHlNG.—The commandants of garrisons have within these few days received a letter from Lord Howick, the Secretary of War, regarding the extra allowance to be made to various regiments on their removal from ono part of the country to the other. The fo llowin g is a co py of his Lordship' a letter : —" War Office, 16th of April, 1839. Sir,—lt having been represented that soldiers who are conveyed by rteam.packets, canal-boats, and railways, from one part of the United Kingdom to the other, fre quently arrive at the place of their destination or disem barkation, much exhausted from the length of the voyag e and the inclemency of the weather; or at so late an hour of the day as to make it very inconve nient for them to obtain the necessary provisions for their support immediately upon their arrival, I have the honour to acquaint you, that under any of the circumstances above specified, I shall not object to extend in such c ases the al lowance t o inn-keepers of South Britain of 10d. a-day for the usual hot meal for each man billeted upon them, and actually and necessarily supplied therewith on the day of arrival. For soldiers disembarking from steam-packets or canal-boats, or arriving at their destination by railroad con veyance in Scotland or Ireland, under similar circumstances, an allowance equal to one day's m archin g -mone y , at the rates fixed f or those countries respectively, will in like manner be granted. These allowances are not to be granted in cases of short voyages, or journeys by land, or where rations in kind shall have been issued at the publi c expense for the day of disembarkation from a steam-boat or other vessel. The charges in the public accounts made under this letter are to be vouched by a certificate from the commanding -officer of the regiment or the inspecting fi e ld_ officer of the district, by whose directions the allowance has been in each instance paid, showing %%hat circum stances induced him to sancton the payment.—l have, &c., (Signed) " Ilowicc" SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY AND THE DOCKS. (From the Hampshire Independent.) We have great pleasure in stating that from the ad vanced state of the works on the London and South ampton Railway, the line will be further opened from Winchfield to Basingstoke, on Monday the 13th of May, and from Winchester to Southampton, on Mon day the 3d of June. The works on the intermediate ground are being fast proceeded with, and promise an early development of the full powers and conveniences of this gigantic undertaking. Where are now the cavillers and the scorners—where the croakers that prophecied the Railway would never be half completed, and the skulking libellers that impugned the motives and the subjects of its indefatigable and high-minded promoters. They are roosting with bats and owls, to which genus they were known from the first to belong. Our Docks, too, now present themselves in a far more intelligible and acceptable character. The Di rectors have hit upon the right thing at last, and will now command the sympathy and the suffrages of the public at large. In another column we have given a report of their meeting on Thursday week, at which it was resolved to construct, in the first instance a tidal basin of fourteen acres area, at the north-east angle of the land, and a close dock of nine acres area, in connection therewith, with a depth of entrance, from the river lichen, of at least eighteen feet at low water of spring tides—a plan of operations that, from the first, recommended itself on the best of all grounds—simplicity, practicability, economy, and an assured handsome return for the capital invested. These are strong features in any undertaking. and sure to command public confidence. That is what has hi therto been wanting, but we are sure will now be con ceded cheerfully, readily, and strongly. By the bye, as the railway is completed so far, we suppose we shall find some of the strength of mind and strength of pocket which has borne that arduous, but glorious pub lic work through so many trials, turned into the Dock undertaking. The investment would under the plan now adopted be clearly of a lucrative and substantial character. Besides the two works will very soon be as parent and child—a stay and a support to each other. THE LATE JOSEPH LANCASTER (From the Congregational illagazine.) Died at New York, October 23, 1836, Joseph Lancaster, the philanthropist, and founder of the British System of Education, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. This eminently useful man was the son of humble but pious parents, his father having been a a soldier in the Foot Guards. Under the influence of personal religion, the natural benevolence of his son's mind was excited on behalf of the poor neglected chil dren that surrounded their residence in the Borough road, Southwark. He resolved, therefore, to open a school for their benefit ; his father gave the school-room rent free, and Joseph fitted up the forms and desks lime elf, and before he was eighteen he had ninety chil dren under his care, most of whom were so poor as to require gratuitous instruction. This was in 1798, a period of scarcity as well as ignorance ; and necessity, that fruitful mother of useful discovery, prompted him to m ake experiments in education with a view to its economical extension. He early attracted the notice of the Duke of Bedford and Lord Somerville, and in the year 1805, George the Third, with his Queen, Charlotte, gave Mr. Lancaster a long and gracious audience, on which occasion the King uttered the most patriotic sentiment that ever fell from his lips. " I wish that every poor child in my dominions may be able to read his Bible." Mr. Lancaster's princi- 1 ples, as a Quaker nonconformist, were not overlooked on this occasion. .. The highest door of hope," says he, .‘ was opened to me by the highest hands, if I could conscienciously join the Church of England ; but no good will to the wish of my beloved sovereign and patron, George the Third, could induce me to sacrifice con science, nor did he wish it at such an expense, nor did he take the least umbrage at my unhesitating choice." 1 This was demonstrated by the liberal subscription of 1001. per annum from the King, which was followed by her Majesty's subscription. and that of twelve other members of the Roy al family. Mr. Lancaster's new system of mutual instruction was now before the public, and general attention was awakened to the subject of popular education by his labours. In the short period of four years, from 1807 to 1811, he travelled, in various parts of the kingdom, nearly 7,000 miles, and lectured to nearly 50,000 persons, and gave such an impulse to public benevolence, that 23,000 children were provided with instruction. Such efforts were likely to arouse the slumbering Church, whose champions had hitherto maintained, that educa tion was not needed by the lower classes ; but as the" judgment of the country was against that strange posi tion, it became necessary to establish, at the close of 1811, " The National School Society for promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Es i tablished Church." But while the cause of liberal unsectarian education had made such progress through the labours of Mr. Lancaster, it must be confessed that some peculiarities of his character greatly impeded its progress ; he enter tained very exaggerated ideas of his own ability to ma nage everything pertaining to the Royal Lancasterian System ; and, by his determination to administer the financial as well as the educational department, he at length compelled his friends to quarrel with him, and, to secure the object, to remove the instrument who had been so eminently useful in founding the new system of general instruction. Thus, while the Dukes of Kent, Sussex, and Bed ford, etood by the object, and with their eminent asso ciates, Lord Brougham, Mr. Hume, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. William Allen, &c., founded the British and Foreign School Society, Mr. Lancaster ima gined that he could conduct a seminary for the education of the sons of the wealthy in the higher walks of learning, upon the same princi ples. He therefore, in 1812, took Salvador House, Lower Tooting, for his new establishment, and issued advertisements that were sufficiently pompous and inflated. As might be expected, the project failed, a bankruptcy ensued, and the man who had been the favoured associate of Princes was, from his uncompro mising spirit, in want of bread. After spending several years under this humiliating cloud, he left England for the United States in 1818, and he was received by our American brethren with great distinction, so ghat a vote was moved by Mr. Basset, in the house of Representatives, " That Joseph Lancaster, the friend of learning and of man, be ad mitted to a seat within the House of Representatives." During the ten years he resided in the Republic, many opportunities of usefulness opened to him, and much good resulted from his labours ; but his habitual want of prudence was a sad hindrance to the cause to which he had devoted his life. In 1829 he visited Ca nada, cod was received with marked kindness by the authorities, Lord Dalhousie, Sir James Kempt, Lord Aylmer; and the Canadian Parliament voted him seve ral successive grants to carry forward his experiments in education. In 1883 he became involved in an election quarrel with Mr. Speaker Papineau and sonic of his " liberal" friends, who threatened Joseph Lancaster with the suspension of the annual grant, unless he would break his promise, and not vote for the loyal candidate. This involved him in a controversy, which compelled him to suspend his Institution for want of funds. Great pecuniary difficulties were again suffered by him, but some of his old friends in England united to purchase for him a small annuity, which rendered the circumstances of his declining days more easy than they had been. His lamented death was the result of an accident in the streets of New York, where he was run over on the 2.2 d of October, and having had his ribs broken and his 11,•ad severely injur, d, he died the next day, in the faith and hope of the Gospel. Observant friends testify that his character had rapidly matured for a change of worlds. There had been an angelic devotion about him for some weeks, so that when the accident was likely to prove mortal, he rejoiced in the love of God, and died full of faith in the blood of Jesus. Although he had great defects of character, to which we have referred, yet he was doubtless an instrument raised up by God to accomplish a great work, which will render his name fragrant when his foibles and weak nesses are forgotten. He had great penetration into influence over charact ers o f oth ers ; e xerted a powerful over the affections of his friends, and possessed an en thusiasm for right principles, well adapted to carry the multitude with him. KING'S COLLEGE.—On Saturday a meeting of the Proprietors of this Institution was held in the Theatre of the establishment, for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report of the Council, and the despatch of other business. The Archbishop of Canterbury in the Chair. The Secretary read the Report, which announced the continued and growing prosperity of the College. Mr. Joseph Burke, the recently appointed As sistant Poor-law Commissioner is a younger brother of Mr. Burke, the author of the " Peerage." HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT.—If it be true that there is no good quality of a woman which is not ne cessary to perfect housekeeping, it follows that bad women are necessarily bad-housekeepers. THE LATE J. CRESSETT PELHAM, ESQ.— The anticipated death of this gentleman is now placed be yond a doubt ; a letter arrived at Shrewsbury on Monday, announcing Mr. Pelham's death, and desiring to know his heirs. Mr. Crossett Pelham had been M. P. for the county of Salop, and also for the borough of Shrewsbury. His death took place in India.—Salopian Journal. HYDROPHOBIA IN SHEEP.—The Veterinary College of London having seen the paragraph in our late Chronicle respecting the violent cases of hydrophobia, communicated to the sheep of Mr. Bailey, of Norton, by the bite of a rabid dogs have obtained one of the bitten animals alive, and are taking measures to investigate the nature of this most distressing calamity. The College has decreed, in consequence of occurrence, that in fu- ture it shall be a necessary part of the education of a f-Pritv, t' at he shall have studied the comparative anatomy mob of ()awl- dom-stie animals, as well as the horse. —Shrewsbury Chronicle. THE PUBLIC HEALTH We have great pleasure in transferring to our columns the subjoined remarks from a Cambridge Contemporary, who can be both just and liberal when not warped by political prejudices. Alluding to the recent alteration in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, as regards the introduction of Inclosure Bills, which was adopted on the motion of Mr. D. W. Harvey, the Cambridge Chronicle says :--e. The doing away with old village greens under the authority of an Inclosure Act, has always seemed to us cruel towards the poorer portion of the community, which, from time immemorial, exercised rights of owner ship over it. By such a measure the cottager is deprived of a source of quiet and harmless enjoyment, and re ceives no equivalent in exchange for it ; and in taking it away we cannot but think that the landowners themselves are acting with little prudence, but are rather making too great haste to get rich, instead of pausing and con templating the possibility of these petty gains eventually producing very undesirable results. If they thought the question calmly over, the great proprietors would not grudge a few acres to the poor. They would remember that when a person has nothing else given him to occupy his thoughts with, he will certainly turn his mind to mischief ; and when the labourer's only source of harmless gratification is taken away from him, what wonder will it be, if, after saunter ing up and down the town three or four times with his hands in his pockets, in a vain search after some thing to amuse him, tired out at length and unable to bear any longer having nothing whatever to do, he betake himself to the public-house, or go at once a poaching ? Now would he not be far better em ployed if he were playing a game at cricket, or even if he went so far as to indulge in the profanity of skittles, than if he were drinking or poaching ? The village greens are fast disappearing. The plea sant walks through the old enclosures are almost all being stopped up. If a person wants to go from one village to another, he will find, most probably, that the only way of getting there is by a high road, the cart-track of which, not having been repaired for the last six years, is nothing but a sea of mud for nine months out of the twelve, and the sides of the road, where a little grass might have been expected, are rendered no better than a ploughed field by having had cattle driven along them. We oould point out dozens of such roads in this immediat. neighbourhood (to the discredit of those whose duty it is to keep them in repair), which are the only means of direct communication between adjacent parishes ; yes, dozens of these sloughs of despond are there for young and old to struggle through, in the place of those pleasant paths which used to run along the green headlands, before the lord of the manor and the landowners had settled between them what portion of " the waste" each party was to have on the township being enclosed. Latterly, the House of Commons has insisted on a clause being inserted in every Inclosure Act, by which some portion of land is set aside for " the use and recreation " of the public. In the village of Chesterton, six acres, as we understand, is devoted to this purpose, and those of our readers who know the great benefit Parker's Piece is of, particularly to the younger portion of the inhabitants of Cambridge, will readily conceive that the new Town Green will not be without its value to the young folks of Ches terton, now that the time of cricket playing is coming on. - The portion being set apart to the public for their " recreation," as well as their " use," it will not be in the power of overseer, or churchwarden, or constable, to keep the public out of it. In many places we have known " Town-acres" which were originally in tended for the benefit of the inhabitants, to be let to members of the vestry, and the rents carried to the cre dit of the poor-rates. In this way, a gift, originally in tended for the relief of the poor, came to be applied to the relief of the rich ; and what was meant for the advan tage of the poorer inhabitants benefited no one but the rate-payers. But this has now been put an end to, by Parliament interfering to mark out and define the proper uses to which such pieces of ground ought to be applied ; and, for the future, they will be kept in hand as a plea sure ground for the public, instead of being let out to farm, and made money of. In common with a correspondent, whose letter on the subject of foot-paths appeared in our columns a few weeks ago, we greatly regret perceiving that the foot. paths in this immediate neighbourhood, which used to lead through the old inclosures, are gradually disappear ffin, while their places are supplied by nothing better than' narrow hard gravel walks running along the sides of dusty roads. Two causes will account fo this change. The first is, that those who use foot-paths have in many instances set the landowner against the rights of the public, by trespassing on the adjoinii:g land. and hence has arisen a desire on the part of the landown, r to get rid of the path altogether that happened to run through his pro perty ; and the second reason is, that whenever an at tempt has been made to stop up an ancient footpath, there has not been found among us a single man, or any body of men, sufficiently public-spirited to oppose it. The result is, that the rights' we Speak of have beau repeatedly assailed, and, what is worse, with such suc cess, that there is scarcely one of them remaining. They are irrecoverably lost. THE GLASGOW CHARTISTS. (From the Glfssgoui Argus.) A meeting of the I,Tiitersal Suffrage Aisociatioe IN,IS held on Tucsday evening in the Lyceum ; but nothing of any importance occurred bey and so announce ment by Mr. Moir, M.C. for the county, that he has it in contemplation to become the founder of a new re ligious sect, on the principles of Universal Suffrage. A Mr. Anderson, a devoted Chartist, stated, in the course of the evening, that he paid. 15s. yearly for seats in a Dissenting Church. From this amount he said he intended to withdraw 7s. 6d., and deposit it in the Chartist fund, and if he found that the congregation with which he was connected did not conic forward in support of the Charter, he would withdraw the other 7s. 6d. also. Mr. Moir took his cue from this intimation, and soundly rated the Voluntary Dissen ters for not marshalling themselves under the banner of the Charter, declaring that he could not for his life see how a Voluntary could conscientiously or consistently refuse to "come to his shop," and support the cause of Universal Suffrage. If they kept back from the present glorious movement, then, said Mr. Moir, there is no alternative but to form a new religious denomina tion, embracing the principles of the Charter ; and this promulgation of the new faith was hailed by the plan dits of the faithful, whose conversion seemed to be as sudden as that of their enlightened leader himself. We know not whether Mr. Moir means to base his pre tensions as a religious founder on any recent acquire ment of supernatural powers ; but as he has of late more than once brought himself forward in the character of a true prophet (see his prophetic visions on the Corn law movement, &c.), we should not be surprised if he did. His friend, Dr. Taylor, might be a valuable acqui sition as an instrument in propagating the new doctrines ; he would look the hermit to a nicety, a very necessary personage in the infancy of a new sect, while the great originator himself could enact the part of a mendicant friar. This would, to be sure, be something like a re• vival of the old Romish practice ; but what of that when a political object is to be gained ? We anxiously look for a statement of the principles of the new religion in the form of a pamphlet. Its title ought to be what Dr. Chalmers would call " Christianity politicalized." RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC CHANGES. A correspond!nt of the Debats at St, Petersburgh writes on the 10th instant. :—ln consequence of the death of M. de Speranski, the follov,ing changes are to take place among Russian diplomatists :—M. Ribeau pierre, the Russian Amaassador at Berlin, who has been recalled, is to be made Grand Marshal of the - court of the Hereditary Grand Duke ; M. de Meyendnrff, Mt nister at Stuttgardt, will succeed to the embassy at Berlin, and his present office will be given to M. Brunow, one of the chiefs in the Foreign Office ; Count Leon Potocki is to remove from the Legation at Stockholm to that of Naples, in the room of M. de Gourieff, who is recalled to Saint Petersburgh, and will afterwards be sent to fill the post of M. de Ta tischieff at Vienna, this diplomatist having solicited permission to resign ; M. de Ruckmann will core from his Consulship in Wallachia to take a vacant place in the department of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and will be replaced by M. Titoff, formerly Secretary of the Embassy at Constantinople. The festival of Easter has been celebrated w ith t h e utmost sp l en d our. On this occasion Count Gregory Strogonoff, who represented the Emperor at the coronation of the Queen of England, Prince Basil Dolgoroucky, Grand Equerry, and Prince Menzikoff, Minister of the Marine, have been invested with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Andrew. All the Court entertainments were given at the Winter Palace, then opened for the first time, and the resto ration of which is so much to the satisfaction of the Emperor that he has conferred gold medals on the di rectors of the works, and silver medals on all the arti sans. The medal presented to Prince Wolkonsky, Prince Basil Dolgoroucky, General Kleinmichel and Prince Gagarine, were enriched with diamonds, and General Kleinmichel was raised to the rank of Count. M. Stras soff, the architect, was invested with the order of St. Stanislas, and also received a present of fifty thousand roubles. M. Bruloff, another architect, was created a Commander of the order of St. Vladimir, and received twenty-five thousand roubles. Both these last have also had a grant of a rent-charge for twenty-four years issu ing out of certain Crown Lands, the revenues of which arc at the disposal of his Majesty. Last week as Sir G. Crombie was proceeding on horseback aloag the Edgeware-road at a quick pace, followed by his groom, a dog ran at the heels of his horse, and the animal starting threw his rider to the ground with gr,•ot violence. Her was conveyed to his residence in con naught-terrace in a state of insensibility, haring sustained a severe concussion of the brain. GRAND DEMONSTRATION IN FA VOUR OF THE FIVE CHURCH-RATE VIC TIMS, ON THEIR LIBERATION FROM GAOL. tIEOH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) TRURO, APRIL 27. Yesterday being the day on which Messrs. Barrett, Edwards, Randall, Spur, and Ball were to be liberated from Bodmin gaol, the highest excitement prevailed both in this town and on the whole line of road between here and Bodmin. Preparationshad been actively made to greet these victims of a heartless persecution with the ho nour to which their noble conduct in opposition to Church rates entitled them, and at half-past six in the morning a barouche and four were at the doors of the county gaol, awaiting the liberation of the defendants, who were taken from thence to the Temperance Hotel, in Bod min, where they were treated to a good breakfast. A great number of friends had gone from Truro to Bodmin, a distance of 25 miles, to meet the parties on their coming out of prison, and there were hundreds of the inhabitants of the town assembled near the spot at that early hour, who testified their friendship for the de fendants themselves, and their esteem for the cause in which they had suffered. The streets of Bodmin were crowded by the inhabitants, and by persons from different parts of the county. At 10 o'clock the parties stepped into the barouche, and were accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Ellings, a Mi nister of the Independent persuasion, of Exeter, who was on a temporary visit at Bodmin, officiating for the Rev. Mr. Hobbs, during his illness. The Rev. Gentleman accompanied them to Truro, where he afterwards de clared that it was one of the proudest days of his life. The carriage was driven by two postilions, and preceded by several gentlemen on horseback, in gigs, and other vehicles. Every where on the route home the road was crowded with people, particularly about Prohus, the Indian Queen's, Ladock, and other places well known to those who have been into Cornwall ; and ther was not, on any occasion, the slightest interrup tion, or the least show of disrespect. When the party reached Tresilian, a village about two miles from Trure, they were joined by hundreds of their fellow-townsmen, and the road from thence down to Tregolls, the seat of Sir Samuel Spey, M.P., which is near to this town, was literally lined with people. The day was beautifully fine, and the people had Assembled by thousands. The whole town and neighbourhood seemed to have poured forth their population to greet the victims of—a merci less faction, we were going to say, but perhaps it would be best to write—" the most tolerant Church in Europe." The hills on either side of the rold were covered with people, and the display must indeed have been peculiarly gratifying to Mr. Barrett and his fellow sufferers. There was a very good band in attendance, and a number of banners gave an interest to the scene, which, though not absolutely necessary, added to the pleasures of the occasion. On arriving at Tregolls the people formed themselves into a procession, and the best evidence of public opinion that we have seen on this matter, was to be found in that procession. There were respectable persons from Penzance, Helston, Fal mouth, Penryn, St. Columb, St. Agnes, Bodmin, St. Austell, and a great many other places, all of whom attended at a very short notice, for the arrangements had been agreed to so late as not even to have been noticed in the local papers. The High Church faction who prosecuted these men overstepped the mark. They sought to stifle public feeling here ; but they have roused it, and Church-rates are doomed to be extin guished in this borough. The faction will struggle desperately, but they have now a determined force arrayed against them, that is becoming every day more strong. _ . _ At about two o'clock the procession entered the town, and the victims were every where hailed by their supporters by marks of their affection. The ladies were hearty in their demonstration of zeal in the cause of the Anti-Church-rate party, and many a bright eye beamed admiration on the men who had so boldly main tabed themselves in the I efence of a principle. The procession went through the principal streets in the town, after which Barrett and the others descended near their respective homes. The whole proeeedings were exceedingly gratifying, and will do immense good to the cause in this county and elsewhere. The ex penses were defrayed out of a fund raised by a few young females, who collected subscriptions of 3d. from each subscriber, and the surplus, if there be any, will go to the general fund to defray the expenses of the late prosecution. The Tories were wonderfully scarce. There was hardly one of those who take an active part in politics to be seen. A sale at Carhayes served many of them with an excuse for going out of town, and they readily availed themselves of it, and hid " their diminished heads." They have had their fill of prosecutions for riot, and they now regret their folly and temerity in at tempting to obtain Church-rates by means of persecu tion. Still it was deemed necessary to obtain the as sistance of the police, in case the Tories, or any of their half-a-crown-a-Cl4y hirelings, should attempt to disturb the peace or to interrupt the proceedings, and the show of the force was, perhaps, the means of preserving order throughout the day. THE DiNNER was g iven at the United Institute, which was elegantly fitted op for the occasion. A gallery was erected for the ladies, and was completely filled by those who had been able to obtain tickets. The defendants' wives and families were chiefly accommodated on the platform, which was also appropriated entirely to their use. The ►udience was highly respectable, and they appeered to take a deep interest in the proceedings that took place. After tie withdrawal of the cloth, the room was elegantly festooned with flowers and evergreens, every neighbouring Liberal's garden having been de prived of its ornaments for the occasion. On either side of the room wes suspended a beautiful flag, while immediately over the platform was a banner, on which was inscribed " Persecuted, but not forsaken." On a pedestal, jut behind the chair, was placed a bust of Mr. Tooke, who has come forward handsomely during the recent disgraceful proceedings, lending all his aid in favour of the persecuted individuals, and subscribing largely for their benefit. It was the first time that the bust had been seen by the public, and when it was brought in, there were three tremendous cheers given— the whole room seemed in raptures. On either side of this bust was another pedestal and vase, filled with flowers, the pedestals being also ornamented. In fact, no pains were spared, no labour saved, no expense.re garded, in order to give eclat and brilliancy to an occa sion that will be remembered by the youngest person present to the day of his death. Henry Sewell Stokes, Esq., presided, and was supported on his right and left by Messrs. Barrett, Edwards, Randall, Spur, and Ball, a ll of whom, being tee-totallers, excepting Ball, were sup plied with coffee, &c. When the persecuted indivi duals entered the room, they were greeted with the most deafening cheers, which lasted several minutes, and was again and again renewed On the withdrawal of the cloth the ladies were admitted. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said he had been called upon very unexpectedly to preside to-day, and though he did so with very great pleasure, yet he regretted that Mr. Michell, who had taken so honourable a part in all that related to the late prosecution, had not been able to attend and fill that situation. He had been called away by circumstances which he could not con troul, but would be there in the course of the evening. The Hon. Chairman then gave" The Queen, and may there never be occasion to appeal to her Majesty again on the subject of Church-rate prosecutions."— (Cheers.) Air—God save the Queen. Other tunes were played at intervals between the toasts. The CHAIRMAN—I now give you in connexion with the Royal Family ore of the staunchest friends of civil and religious freedom in the world—" The Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Fatni:y."—(Great cheering.) The CHAIRMAN—The next toast was " Her Ma jesty's Ministers ;" and in giving them, he would take the liberty of saying that touch as he dissented from their general policy, he believed they were most anxious for the settlement of the question of Church-rates. Lord John Russell in particular, had moved for an in quiry into the letting of Church lands, with a view to letting them at an increased value, and eaabling the Government by that means to get rid of Church-rates. Bat the obnoxious, iniquitous, and persecuting impost might be got rid of by such manifestations of public opi nion as had taken plece this day.—(Loud cheers.) That Ministers may be brought to do what the people desire, it is necessary that the people should speak out boldly ; let the country only do as the people of Truro had done, and they should very soon see an end put to this most abominable impost.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I now rise to giye you a toast which I am sure will be received with acclamation. Gentlemen, we have met to-day in large numbers, not to show that we despise the laws of our country—not in any manner to show disrespect to the Judges of our country, or to the verdict of a Jury ; we would do nothing of that kind. We meet to-day to express public opinion, as Englishmen are accustomed at all times to do, on matters in which they take a deep interest.—(Cheers.) The other day flee of our towns men were arraigned at the criminal bar of their country. Eight or nine witnesses were examined against them ; as many were examined in their favour. Those individuals were, by some perversion of judgment, or construction of law, if you would rather put it in that form, found guilty of riot. We to-day have given evidence. — (Cheers.) The eight persons that came against them the other day were this day confronted by the people of Truro.—(Cheers.) That is the way, as lawyers say, to marshall your evidence, to show that these whom we believe to be honest, upright, well meaning men, have by some legal technicality, been pronounced guilty of an act of which we in our con sciences sincerely believe them to have been innocent.— (Loud cheers.) You went forth to-day to tell the world that such was your opinion, and to justify the sympathy which their case has excited, for from one end of the kingdom to the other it has been made known, and has excited universal indignation. It has been discussed in most assemblies, and at Dr. Ward. law's lectures the names of these defendants have been most honourably mentioned.-•.(Lo u d applause.) And VENI ( - 4.- ED VIIO.N. we now meet to say that the world has not been de ceived—has not in any manner been deluded—that the public press was right in vindicating the defendants, and the rights of all conscientious men. (Loud cheers.) We now meet, and here I consider myself the representative of the whole of you, we now meet again, and thank God ! we have them once more to take by the hand, after having been torn for one month, from their homes, and from their families, to be confined in a common gaol, and subjected to the worst of treatment. We feel proud to say, "we are glad to see you back again, and that we think none the worse of you."-- (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, the tender mercies of the law now-a-days, are exceedingly cruel indeed.--(Hear , hear.) The law has become marvellously jealous about the rights of the Church—particularly tender about those rights—about Church-rates, auctioneers, and others.—(Laughter.) Why, if a Church-rate auc tioneer happens to be in a crowd in these days, and to ose the skirts of his coat, five of our townsmen are to be sent to gaol for a month, to be bound over to keep the peace for three years, and three of them to be fined twenty-five pounds each.—(Cries of Shame.) Why , Gentlemen, there is not a public assembly that takes place where some gentleman does not lose a button or something else. Why were not the parties in those cases indicted for a riot ? Similar occurrences did continually take place—riots are committed almost every day by the most well-intentioned people in the world. We are committing riots everlastingly ; I might say at all the meetings in the town.—(Cheers and laughter.) All our elections are riots. Why have they not in dicted us long before ? I say that if our friends have been guilty. there is not a single man among us but what has been guilty threeLfold.—(Hear, hear.) This tail of Oke's coat is a wonderful subject for talking upon. Why, Oke and his tail will henceforth he as ce lebrated as Daniel O'Connell and his tail.—(Cheers and laughter.) When I first came into Truro Oke was the staunchest man among the Political Unions, and the Reformers of Truro. How often have we seen him under the banners of the party to whom he is now opposed !—( Hear, hear.) He was then one of the itio‘t active ; suddenly lie wheeled about with his tail, and went over to the other side. For old acquaintance sake, I cannot help feeling for Mr. Oke, for I am ex ceedingly sorry ,hat he is made the scape-goat to bear away all the odium of his party.—(Cheers.) Gent le ; men, I now gi‘e you " The Health of the Defendants • —(Cliecring)—of those men who, after one months confinement in a gaol, conic back to us with clear cow sciences, so that we feel that we may take them by the hand ; we don't consider that they have in any manner lowered themselves.—(Cheers.) You will hear from them whether they feel any compunction for what they hav e done. They may regret that any thing like violence was the result oft heir spirited opposition ; at the same time I feel convinced they cannot stand up and say, W e ought to plead guilty at the bar of public opinie ri , to the charge that w as imput e d t o us .—(Hear, an cheers.) Ido think they feel sorry for who: they have done. I do think the demonstration 0 to-day, when the people, by thousands, when the vvh° l4 city, as it were, went out to welcome them home again —(Applause)—he p roce edi ngs o f thi s d a y will be considered throughout the kingdom as a demonstratio n of public opinion, with respect to the question O f Church -rates, and I am sure it on l y requ i res s ome few such demonstrations to compel her Majesty's Ministers to take up the question, and to totally abolish the lor post. The Hon. Gentleman then proposed the healt h ' • of Mr. Barrett, and the other defendants, which 1 01 received with repeated rounds of cheering. Mr. RICHARD BARRITT, on rising, was receive(' with renewed cheering. He very briefly thanked th e company for the attachment that they had manifested on behalf of himself and his fellow sufferers, and CS pressed his determination never to pay another rate"e (Loud cheers.) He had also determined, in spite 01 what had occurred, to attend to all sales of his proper t y in future. So long as they found Churchwardens bat enough to rob them of their property, so long would be attend the sales, not for the purpose of causing rr e ; or a breach of the peace, but for the purpose of vel e * who may become the purchaser of things so obtained. Mr. JACOB C. EDWARDS was also received with great cheering. He said b e was reques t e d by hi s f r iend, M . Randall, to return thanks on his behalf, as well ate himself, for the great attachment and the sincere friendship which had been manifested towards them that day.—(Cheers.) When he observed the mei in public opinion on the subject of Church-rates, a e - i , called to recoll ec ti on th e sen ti men t that o pe ra ted on tb el " minds, when on a recent occasion thee allowed their perty to be seized for the support of a Church fronslsin e they derived no benefit—when he surveyed their Or duct with respect to that seizure and the sale, he eel nothing that was done intenti ona lly on th e ir part that should cause the slightest regret.—(Hear, hae r '„ ) Whatever construction might have been put uPe'e, words made u se o f by the m , n o t h a ving the control 01 other men's minds,they must rest satisfied with the co: rictio n o f t h e i r perfect innocence of all evil int ention With reference to himself he had lived comparetivell ,in obscure lif e among t h e i n h a bit an t s o f Truro';but there were those in the country with whom be bad been long con necte d i n religious communion, and he hope d that he hod not in the late matter, done anything W I " could be considered inconsistent with his religious Pr e. fessions.—( Loud cheers. As a member of a Christian community for more than 20 years, not one of that community he was persuaded would blush to take biot by the hand.—( Ch eers .) H e h a d rece i ve d from a l l putts of England the most delightful testimonies of the opini ons o f hi s f r i en d s with regard to his conduct. r il' e sympathy that he and those who had suffered with bim had experienced was most gratifying, and he rej oiced that they th emse l ves stoo d so firmly on their principle'', that lie felt justified in saying that if one month of esl e ./ 0 year of the remainder of their lives( by being eae 3e i u th i e . prison, would help to promote the good cause, en" t ip extension of those principles, they would most reahui,,, ' sacrifice it.—(Long-continued cheering.) The mon t e d coercion that they had experienced had not Chang 1.0 in any wa y th e pr i nc i p l es b y w hi c h they poi actuated. Their opponents found it an easy W i to to coerce the body, but when they cam e l l e a p try its effect o n th e m i n d th e y h a d to d o with 4- , without a bottom, with an extent without boun ds ' (Cheers.) It had been said with reference to t ic as t conduct, that they had opposed the law. They, A 'be been told that by their opposing the law they elo u. fie taught that the law was stronger than themselves. 3 would ask what law had they been opposing? W as 1 0 a Christian law that had been brought to bear •° 1 1:b them? No ;it was a Pagan law, fraught with re 4o bigotry--(Chears)—chains that were rivetted som e i re , or three hundred years ago. They had, in other spects, shown due deference to the law. Their ' duct on every occasion had, been in accordance vj , s e , this sentiment, that of a desire to call public at' a it tion to these old laws. Because they did no t e 9 the present state of Christian feeling, and becans e i t be operated as a persecution upon the righteous s et land, was the reason that bad induced them to bet as they had done.—( Cheers.) He might on any e " be occasion h re ave said much more on this subject, bu' oe s was not prepared for doing so then fatigued as b e by what had already occurred. The principles el f e- t , but especially the principles of religious liberty, 'l e t t be. dear as ever to them.—(Cheers.) To show th a ; di t, exaction of Church-rates from them was most esoeeially from himself, he would state a few flo t i ll a pot' which they were no t acquainted, and which wo n ' s i r e& have been mentioned but f o r what had recently oec u t oe: Within the last twenty years there had been no lee% 135 chapels erected in the county of Cornwall, It" o de had given his mite to the erection of nearly eve l l e teti of them. Four chapels in the country had been ere c est almost entirely at his own expense, and that at tier, • exceeding two thousand pounds—(Loud cries of ° 'b e t l hear")—and to be called upon in the way that:bed in been, in the way that their forefathers had been, li e be d the way that he was likely to be again—for th e l rs te, made a demand upon his family for another year s lo af while he was in prison—by the aristocracy of the .0 by men who possessed so great a portion of the w hevoes of the country—t o su pp o rt a Church with whic h , e bief unconnected, was most. unjust.—(Cheers.) H i ground of objection, however, was this, that the their, centers did not apply to the Churchmen f or . o lled help, and therefore, why should they be upon to support the Church ? (Loud cheers.) t wee felt he was under a debt of gratitude te ‘ir a l hpo the who bad taken a part in these proceedings. "”" e d his, sentence of the Court was passed upon bins, %a be fellow-sufferers, he must say it was unexpected) Conrt felt it considerably. In a brief glance round the n ashiP he saw so many tokens of respect and f r t ee ing' evinced towards them, that it was almost overrlewent ' as tb not and if he felt any regret at all, it was tha t he his sufficiently master of his feelings to return twirl to . thanks on the spot.—(Cheers.) But he was ." e r eeeni , m come aongst them to see the evidence of their two las it had been shown to-day, and to retur n his is though in so inadequate a way.—(Cheer s.) es their past conduct was just such a line of conduct s, should pursue. Never more would those b a n pow'. his administer to the support of a relig le c i l 'or which he conscientously dissented.—(Loud an o s tate continued cheering.) It may be interesting I,irrorer, that Mr. Edwards is an ironmonger, residing in _ no ted but a native of Penzance. He has long been cfP_ l est ietesi with the connection denominated the Bible Cler' t loc h. and an occasional minister. He is a man with? u b br rr education, but of good common sense, and is big spected by men of all parties for his s t e rlinF, de po!! He is extre me l y qu i et an d u nassuming in withnal him ment, mixing littl e w ith others unconnecteeta eioterVie in reli g i ous commun i on . His conviction as rest 1t1, 70 may very natu ra lly be supposed, e xcite d , ote rs, nation. M r . R a ndall, one of the other ve r y una sso about :se ven ty y ears of age, and is a lso a ming man, and of unimperchable character.e. c heet . ',„ , Mr. SPUR next rose, and was recei . r d an w ' exc ell: ng. He proceeded to return thanksme feltgttbifieeitClol:.,: havepe ecb a , n fo r opportunity himself and to M r . et ' pubh ea ant so much on his own aee o .. _ ite a,. knowledgments, not were ell " e a rs')` account of the cause in which they . return them the cause of Civil and Liberty, he believed, was inherent in es Religious Lib e rty --a coal fr°