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

formed, by a rAssenger on board the Magnet, that he pre vailed on abrsut half the passengers to remain in the vessel at Sheerness. The Magnet left that port yesterday morning at nine o'clock, and reached London about two ; the passage having been performed the whole distance against tide. She sustained little or no injury, in consequence of the pe culiar strength of her build. Seven minutes and a half after striking, the Red Rover went down. Our informant says she seemed to dart upon the Magnet as if she had suddenly emerged from a cloud, so dense was the fog at the moment. The chief mate of the Magnet was at the helm, and had only just time to have the engine stopped before the collision took place. The greatest praise is due to Captain Jones, of the Mag- net, for the coolness he exhibited on the occasion ; not only in allaying the fears of his own passengers, but in removing, in less than two minutes, the thirty passengers from the Red Rover, which was then in a sinking state. The Admiralty have, with the greatest promptitude, or dered the immediate attendance of their various barges, with the necessary apparatus of ropes and chains, to attempt the raising of the Red Rover ; and as her funnel is six feet above water at low tide, there is little doubt that sho may be got up in two or three days. Captain Read, of the Red Rover, was ill, and she was commanded by the first mate. IRELAND. Dublin, Oct. 17. O'CoNNELL.—Th e Liberator intends to visit the electors of Kilkenny in the course of a few weeks. TITHES.—WEXFORD.—On Tuesday last several tithe sales were advertised to take place in the district of Gorey, on that and the following days, at the suit of the Rev. Otwell Moore, in which both Protestants and Catholics were defendants—the first in vindication of the voluntary principle, and the latter in defence of that equitable and sacred law which revolts against the extortion of money under false pretences. Early on the first day of sale the whole country, for several miles round the place of sacrifice, gave note of preparation. Persons of every age, sex, and condition, capable of leaving their homes, deserted their re spective avocations: in order to witness the immolation of their neighbours' goods and chattels at the shrine of the Juggernaut of the church militant. The victim se lected Tor the opening sacrifice was Mr. Allen Earl, of Cullentra, an honest Protestant farmer, into whose soul the iron has not entered, and who is determined to join his Catholic fellow-countrymen, in constitu tionally seeking a riddance of an impost which dis graces the religion he professes, and is the most pro lific source of the interminable and sanguinary dis sensions which now distract this unhappy island. There could not be less than twenty thousand individuals present —and as far as the eye could reach, from ten o'clock in the morning, until the hour of sale, the whole face of the country presented one living mass of human beings, moving towards the centre of attraction. There were at least one thousand of the comfortable and independent agriculturists of the district well mounted in attendance, amongst whom was every respectable Protestant landholder of the parish ; which is a most important and valuable feature in the pro ceedings of the day, as it clearly indicates a rapid progres sion in the Protestant mind of the country to a right under standing of the question—what has been gained by the 'tithe system? The sum claimed from Mr. Allen Earl for spiritual counsel, including law costs, was 271. 7s. 9d. Mr. Earl is one of the parishioners of the Rev. 0. Moore ; the last named pious personage thought it quite consonant to Christianity to tear from under the side of his spiritual ward the bed on which he slept, and expose it for sale. No purchaser, however, for the bed, which was first put up to auction, nor for the other articles of furniture, could be procured. The - poor people who had been dragged from their homes obtained a complete triumph. On the follow ing day the same success attended the efforts of the auctioneer to obtain purchasers. The house of Mr. H. Roche was the scene of 'Wednesday's Dutch sale, and the same parson who figured as plaintiff appeared again in the same Christian character, and was again, we rejoice to find, completely baffled and defeated. WRITS OF REBELLION—LONGFORD. A poor man, named Farrell, nearly ninety years old, was arrested a few days ago, under a writ of rebellion, at the suit of Mr. Armstrong, lay impropriator of the parish of Cashel, in the county of Longford. The r e b e lli on ruffians dragged him from Cashel to Ballymahon, seven miles, and thence to Longford, ten miles—in all a distance of seventeen miles. He now lies immured with the common felons, in Longford gaol. The unfortunate man has been long in a very declining state ; about a month since he received the last rites of the Church. He fondly imagined all his affairs on earth were settled, but he forgot, at the moment, that there were such things as tithes, parsons, and lay impro priators.—Freeman. THE REGISTRY.—The Liberals in Longford have served 150 notices ; the Conservatives 7. In Dublin, a reg'ster ing session will he held, on Thursday next, at Kingstown. As no more claimants will he heard at Kilmainharn, it is absolutely incumbent on each to be in Kingstown by eleven o'clock. A patriotic spirit is alive in Sligo. There is the greatest possible anxiety evinced by all the Liberals to have their franchises registered. After the next election the town will cease to be misrepresented by Mr. Martin ; and it is more than probable that one of the county Members will he sent to the right about. Lord Palmerston has di rected his agent to have all bis tenantry registered. The Catholic clergy, with their wonted patriotism, are making every exertion to free Sligo from its triple incubus. On Thursday the sessions commenced at Kildare. Mr. O'Fer call, M.P., was present. Mr. Plunkett and Mr. Lord at tended professionally for the Liberals, and Messrs. Burke, Lefroy, and Campion for the Tories. The numbers regis tered were—Liberals, 21 ; Tories, S. MP.. HELY, OF JOHNSTOWN, AND HIS TENANTRY.— We have heard a strange report about Mr. Gorges Hely's conduct towards such of his tenantry in the Liberal interest as served notice to register. If, on inquiry, we find the report true, we must deal accordingly with Mr. Hely. No landlord in this county will be suffered to play the part of a tyrant without meeting, at least, with merited exposure.— Kilkenny Journal. WRECK OF THE ERNE.—At eleven o'clock on Wednes day night the sloop Erne, of Wicklow, bound for Liver pool with corn, was driven upon the beach near Bray, op •posite Mr. Quin's ground. Owing to the exertions or Lieutenant Debine, of the coast guard, and his men, aided by tl. e fishermen, she was prevented becoming a wreck, which she inevitably would have been but for their timely assist ance. The wind blew strongly from the north-east, and the tide swelled to an unprecedented height, such as was not known to the oldest sailor on that coast. The crew —four men and a boy—had battened themselves down, being unable to bear the force of the sea unon deck, and anxiously hoping that the vessel would not go to pieces on the strand, where they calculated she would be driven. When the warning of a wreck was given, Mr. De bine was at Quin's hotel, where he had dined, and upon receiving intelligence, he flew to the rescue with a zeal and energy which would reflect the highest credit upon the youngest officer in his Majesty's service. Arriving at the vessel, he dashed through the surge, and succeeded in boarding her. Supposing the crew to have fled and left her to her fate, he sent messengers in all directions in search of them, and fired several shots by way of signal, ere he was responded to. At length the mate thrust his head through the aperture of the cabin, and relieved the fears of the Lieutenant and his humane assistants, by telling them that all were safe. The mate had several of his ribs broken, but the others of the crew fortunately escaped un hurt ; he was lodged in an adjoining cottage, where he has received every attention necessary for his recovery, which is confidently expected. Wby We are informed a eye witness that the highest praise is d ue to Lieutenant Debine, whose humanity is proverbial, and whose bravery, as a naval of f icer, is well known to the heads of the depart ment.—Freeman's Journal. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—On the night of the 30th of August, the brig Zephyr, of Donegal, Captain Hughes, experienced a heavy gale, and was driven amo ngst some large rocks near Cape- Briton. At one o' c l oc k, i t continuing to blow, with a heavy rain, and it being very hazy, the crew hauled the vessel by the wind, and endea voured to work her out ; after many ineffectual attempts being made amongst the breakers, they let go both anchors, but the ground being hard and a heavy sea on, they took no hold, and at five o'clock, A.M., next day, she struck and soon bilged. Captain Hughes, in endeavouring to get a hawser on shore, whereby the crew and passengers might escape, was drowned, together with one of the sailors, named M'Anurn, by the upsetting of the boat on Belfrey Beech, about 20 miles from Livesburgh. The re mainder of the crew succeeded in reaching the land, but the vessel became a complete wreck. Capt. Hughes is deeply regretted by all who knew him.—Ballyshannon Herald. MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY.—If the author had never produced any other work, it is fully sufficient to have established his fame as a man of genius—possessing in the the most remarkable degree a tact for the description of me n and things"—broadly humourous, but at the same time so natural, that we are continually reminded of what we either have seen or still see in our progress through life.— Sunday Times. An agent of Lord Eliot arrived at Mevagissey one evening last week ; on hearing which, a noted Reformer ordered the town-crier to proclaim that a Tory had arrived in the town, and cautioned them all to be careful how they promised their votes. The people were thus put on their guard, and the agent had but slender success.—Falmo u th Packet. We learn from Valenciences that the influx of pas sengers from Brussels to Paris is so great at this time that many persons are obliged to wait live or six days before they can obtain places in the diligences. P N t F ~ ~ ~~~ LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1836. The Meeting which, while we write this, is being held at the City of London Tavern, on the subject of the grievances o'f the Dissenters, especially as re gards the payment of Church-rates, will, we trust, be followed up by similar meetings throughout the country. Indeed, it is indispensably necessary that this should be so ; for circumstances have shown that quiescence avails nothing, and that a course of active, incessant, constitutional agitation only, can enable the Dissenters to have their just claims acknowledged and acceded to by the Legislature. They have submitted quite long enough to contribute to the support of a high Church Establishment, from which they consci entiously differ ; and the time is arrived when they should make every possible effort to shake off the unjust and oppressive impost. If they do not stir now, and stir energetically, too, they may rely on it that another Session will roll over their heads, and find them in the same posi tion that they arc at present. If an advantage is worth obtaining, it is worth struggling for. Let the Dis senters, then, fraternize throughout the kingdom ; let hem form associations, hold meetings, take up a posi tion worthy of themselves ; express themselves in lan guage worthy of the occasion, and away will go that obnoxious impost of Church-rates, with which, other wise, they will be saddled for years to come. We speak out with the less reserve on this point, because —well as we are inclined to Ministers—we cannot but see a reluctance, say rather an indifference, on their parts, to act up to the great principles of Reform, to which they virtually pledged themselves on their late acceptance of office. They seem, in particular, to forget the claims that the Dissenters have on their con sideration, and treat them as though they had not been among their truest and most influential allies. Now, we dislike forgetfulness in the hour of prospe rity, as much as we abhor sycophancy in the hour of adversity. When Ministers were out of office, then the Dissenters were led to hope for a removal of their grievances ; now Ministers are in, it is hinted that their grievances are not quite so pressing, and that they can afford to wait. Away with this fast-and-loose sort of work ! Instead of coquet ting with the Tories, let Government bethink it of the claims of the people. Let it remember the Dis senters. Let it remember that influential body who stood by it when it most required assistance; and do it the justice that is required. Of one thing we can assure Ministers; and that is, that if they do not look shrewdly about them—discriminate properly between their friends and foes—and shew gratitude where gratitude is due—they will assuredly repent it. Time has b een allowed them ; the difficulties of their position—though they were only such as resolu tion could overcome—such as a CHATHAM would have laughed to scorn --have been taken into consideration ; forbearance has been carried to the extremest limits : yet what has been the result ? Why this. That m ore advanced in the h four years after the passin g o f t h e R e f orm Bill, we are little Path of Reform, than we were when that measure first beca me l aw I T rue , we e wn ii e sters themselves gained all that have gained that which we should never h ave ga i ne d under a Tory Ministry ; but h av we had aright--and which m taught us—to expect ? Are the DisienterS relieved of their burdens ? Is the Church purified as it should be? Is the Ballot left an open question with the Cabinet ? Not a bit of it. Reform halts,.. lik e Justice, as though she were lame, and in the case Of the Dissenters, has come to all but a stand-still. 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GEMS OF BEAU T Y, displayed in a Series of Twelve highly-finished Engravings, From Designs by E. T. PARRIS, Esq. With Fanciful Illustrations in Verse, by the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman. HAMBURG, SEPT. 28, 1836. n UR Friends, and all those who may have to write Iv to us, are requested to be particular in directing. HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURG, _ _ and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note ; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather he made in Bills of Exchange, on London. To save expenses that may as well be avoided, we request our Correspondents not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS. The publication rf THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Four o' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1836. yourselves, since those whom you have so oppor tunely befriended, seem unable or unwilling to do it for in the shape of tyranny, if it be of their own infliction, and provided the remedy for its removal be at their own disposal ; but they will not endure an imaginary wrong when it wears the appearance of having been forced upon them by the Crown. Now, if it be proposed to place the entire organization mind controul of the rural consta bulary force under the supreme direction of the Secre tary for the Home Department, the Commissioners had just as well save themselves the trouble of drawing up their report, for the people of England never will submit to such a regulation. We are convinced of the great necessity for some such force ; but we main tain that•its entire controul must be placed in the hands of the several Parochial Vestries, the Town-councils, and Benches of Magistrates. The French and Prussian systems of espionage are not—to use the language of SHIPPEN—" fit for the meridian of England." They are not suited to the habits of our people, and if any approach were made to their esta blishment here, none could answer for the conse quences. But, as we before stated, it would be unfair to impute motives to the Government or the Com missioners, before the proposed remedy for an acknow ledged grievance has been submitted to the country. you. Show Government that your hostility is as much to be dreaded, as your friendship is to be courted. Act, one and all of you, as CHILDS, of Bungay, did, and you will find a Whig Ministry will emancipate you, as breathlessly as ever a Tory one emancipated the Catholics. We regret that we should be com pelled to have recourse to this language. We would willingly avoid it, but when we see Ministers inclined rather to take credit for what they have done, than for what they intend to do ; looking back rather with self-complacency to the past, than with boldness to the future, we feel that no alternative is left us, as public Journalists, but to speak out. Ministers will not find their best friends among those who are constantly larding them with their eulogy. They never had truer ones than the Dissenters ; yet here we find these aggrieved indivi duals, four years after the passing of that Bill which promised them a relief from their burdens, cum- pelled to go over again the old struggle, jus as if a Tory, not a Liberal, Government, were at the helm I In hastily running over the report of to-day's meeting, we find the following pertinent remarks in Mr. LusitiNGToN's opening speech : " As a Churchman, I should undoubtedly refuse to contribute any compulsory payment for the embellish ment of Dissenters" chapels, or to provide clean linen for its services—(Laughter and cheers) —and therefore it is perfectly unjust that Dissenters should be required to contribute by compulsory means to the repairs of our edifices and their proper administration. Be assured that you do not stand alone ; there are a large number of your brethren belonging to this Establishment who deeply sympathise in your complaints, and who feel a sense of humiliation that for their advantage you should be re quired to contribute to ordinances from which you not only derive no benefit, but from which your convictions are averse. Nor, let me tell you, is this feeling con fined to laymen of the Church Establishment ; I am satisfied that it is largely shared in by many Clergy men, who lament that the exaction of Church-rates has been a fruitful source of political animosity—that it has led to the alienation of Christian from Chris tian, arid has sundered those who should otherwise be united in peace and contentment." Dissenters, bear these sentiments in mind, and act on them in a worthy spirit. All now, we repeat, depends on yourselves, for, as your Chairman assures you, "it must be borne in mind that Ministers, unfortunately for themselves, had made declarations unfavourable to their cause. They must therefore expect opposition in the House of Commons, and the most vigorous hostility in the House of Peers.—(Cheers and laughter.) The work, therefore, must be done out of Parliament—they must do their own work." Let this wholesome truth stimulate you to exertion. Enough has been given to forbearance ; now, there fore, act as men who will not lie trifled with. The Scotch Cameronions, few as they were in number, compared with the armies sent against them, would not allow themselves to be beaten. Why, then, should the English Dissenters ? Are you any way inferior to these brave Covenanters. Have you not the same unconquerable love of justice ? Why then should you not be equally energetic and determined ? Half measures never yet gained a triumph, though they have often ensured a defeat. To be successful, therefore, you must be resolved, and, above all, unanimous. Well, said Mr. HuSIE this morning, "during his experience, he had known nothing removed until the shoulders of the people had become restless." Admirable also was his advice to the Dissenters to resist, by every constitu tional means in their power, the odious impost of Church-rates. Not so, however, his remark, that " Ministers would not be able to carry a Bill for the Relief of Dissenters." Indeed ! How is this ? What then are they in office for ? Is it to yield to the Tories, or to do justice to the people ? Have we a make-believe Reform Ministry at the helm ? Not so, Mr. HUZvIE, or the close of this present month would not see them in office. The Whigs were not re-instated from any love of Whiggery on the part of the people, but from immitigable hatred to Toryism. They were selected as the best that the country could then find. Woe to them when the country wakes to the conviction that better Ministers are to be found : And this, if justice, long promised, long delayed, be not soon done to the Dissenters, that country will soon find out. The power that made, can unmake, as the Duke of WELLINGTON has already found to his cost. In conclusion, we may observe that the resolutions pro posed and agreed to at to-day's Meeting, breathe a spirit of calm resolution that can no longer be trifled with. It is that of men who have talked long enough, and are now resolved to act. We subjoin a portion of one :—" that this Meeting do not ask for an alteration , of tne rate,—but for its utter extinction. That it is not with them a question of mode, nor a ques tion of value, be it more or less, but that it is a ques tion of principle." This is the right light in which to view the question. It is one, not of pocket, but of prin ciple ; and, as such, must be defended at all hazards. Heaven help the bloated High Church when " princi ple" is brought to bear against it by the Dissenters ! We have already seen what " principle" did in Scot land. We have seen also what it did for the Catholics in Ireland. Shall it do less for the Dissenters in Eng land ? Not if they be men I We find in the columns of our Contemporary, the Post, of this morning, an extract from a letter, pur porting to be from « the highest quarter," which states that the dislocation of the Emperor of RUSSIA'S shoulder was the consequence of an attempt to assas sinate him. It will be remembered that such a state ment was made at the time when this occurrence took place ; but as it appeared to us exceedingly improbable we expressed doubts of its correctness. As the ex tract from the letter is remarkably explicit on this point, we shall take the liberty of copying it entire : " You have perhaps received no further information as regards the assassination of the Emperor of Russia. His Imperial Majesty was shot at by a ruffian. An aide-de camp was killed by his side. Whether from the effect of the shot, or the violent convulsions of his dying neighbour, his Imperial Majesty had his shoulder dislocated. The result of this attack has been exaggerated. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael, who was on the point of going to England, was sent for by express, and his voyage thereby put off for a time. His Imperial Majesty, how ever, I am happy to say, is completely restored from this sanguinary attack. If the Emperor Nicholas had fallen, we should have deeply lamented it. He has the genius of a great Sovereign and the heart of a true man ; but we are happy to think that whenever it occurs the genius of his country will survive—as it did after the assassination of the Emperor Paul. Fortunate the country where a principle reigns paramount at all times, and Le Roi est mort ! vive le Roi !' Such a principle is, lam afraid, totally absent in more southern latitudes." Well, there is something wonderfully consolatory in the closing observations of this laconic letter-writer. The idea of the genius of a great Sovereign being quenched without injury to his people, is a most happy and complimentary conception. Should it ever fall under the eye of his Imperial MAJESTY, he must feel extremely flattered by the writer's partiality for him. " Die when he may," philosophically writes this illustrious Russian, " he is so great a Monarch, and good a man, that the country will never miss him, any more than it did his august father, into whose heart the secret command of a son' impelled the steel that drank his life-blood ! Happy Russia ! ever accustomed to find in thy Emperors but the personification of a principle—what carest thou for the assassination of thy rulers ? By thee all are prized alike, for to thee all are equal 1" This is sim ply the substance of the paragraph which we have co pied above ; and had we not reason to believe the Grand Duke MICHAEL to be a most faithful subject, we should be tempted to ascribe it to his Imperial Highness, as a prelude to a Calmuc performance of RICHARD M. We have repeatedly expressed our abhorrence of the fiendish crime of assassination in every shape, and under all conceivable circumstances. We have taken every occasion to declare that nothing can justify such cowardly attempts to deprive others of life—no matter how exalted their station, and how heinous their guilt. But the very fact of such attempts being made, proves that where the law cannot redress wrong, individuals will be found daring enough to brave death itself, to avenge injuries done to themselves and their country. This ought to teach an useful lesson to kings. The Paris Papers of Monday, the arrival of which has been delayed beyond the usual hour, have just been received. The following extracts include all that they contain of any importance to English readers : PARIS, OCT. 16.—M. Guizot has been elected Deputy at Lisieux, by a majority of 312, out of 377 votes. Admiral Rosamel has been re-elected Deputy for Toulon, by a majority of 151, out of 156 votes.—La Paix, Oct. 17. PARIS, OCT. I7.—His Majesty, the King of the Bel gians, arrived at the Tuileries at half-past seven o'clock in the evening.—llloniieur. It is affirmed that the motives for the new visit of King Leopold to Paris, is the arrangements for the approaching marriage of one of the young princesses, his sister-in-law, wigi the King of Naples ; on which arrangements King Louis Philippe wishes to consult his son-in-law, in whom he has much confidence. A letter written by Marshal Clausel, and dated 6th Oc tober, has arrived at Paris, in which he announces that authority to undertake the expedition had just reached Al giers. The Marshal was preparing to take the field imme diately, and hoped to be in the capital (Constantina) on the lit of November, if the reinforcements, which had been announced, should have reached their destinations by the 20th of this month. It is affirmed that some English capitalists have placed at the disposal of the Porte a sum of two millions sterling, to rebuild the quarter of Constantinople lately destroyed by fire. The Sultan, it is said, has, in return for this ser vice, granted new privileges and exemptions in favour of the English commerce, and especially the right to form, on the European side of the Dardanelles, a depot of the ma nufactures and productions of Great Britain, which are to be imported free of all duty. Sir Robert Peel intends to spend a great part of the win ter with his Lady at Paris, and not to return to London till long after the opening of the session. Persons well informed think that, whatever may be the result of the affairs of Switzerland, the Duke of Monte bello will not retain his embassy.—Messager, Oct. 17. Our Government has been for some time past en gaged in making enquiries on the subject of establish ing a regular constabulary force throughout England and Wales, for the more effectual protection of life and property in the rural districts. It is universally acknowledged that adequate protection is not extended to the smaller villages in remote parts of the country ; that travellers are liable to be robbed with impunity on most of the great roads at any distance from the metropolis ; and that the perpetrators of agrarian out rages—such as arson and the like—easily elude de tection, where sufficient inducements are not held out to their accomplices to betray them into the hands of justice. In order, therefore, to ascertain more fully the most effectual means of establishing such a pro tective constabulary force throughout the kingdom, a Commission has been appointed to institute a regular inquiry upon the subject ; and to report thereupon before or immediately after, the opening of Parliament, so as to afford time for legislation upon the subject, should it be proved necessary. The Commissioners are Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, M.P.; Lieut.-Colonel RO WAN, Chief Commissioner nf the Metropolitan Police ; and Mr. CHADWICK, Secretary to 'the Poor Law Com missioners. The Commissioners are to receive no ad ditional salaries for their labours; as the Commission is classed with the unpaid. IN FRANCE.—George Robins is instructed to Sell an Estate in France, next Tuesday, in the Province of Britanny, where the English agriculturist is held in high favour, from the superior tact and knowledge the English possess in this art. Great temptation is held out to emi grate there, and lots of accommodation is offered in respect of price and payment. On the same day he announces the Sale of the Patent right to a Steam Boiler, of exceedingly small dimensions and high fame, which it is proved can ef fect (without danger) thirty miles an hour. It is intended to operate as a successful rival to the quick travelling by the railway. Steam carriages with this boiler, and vessels of large dimensions, will thus realize the fondest expectations of the mechanical artiste, and railways may in consequence look down. The Steam Carriages are to be sold on the same day, with all the equipage connected with them. About 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon, as a young man named Jones, residing at Hanwell, was walking down a brlane, called Dormer Wells-lane, Southall, on the Ux bridge-road, his attention was attracted by the faint cries of an infant, which appeared to be suffocating. Having searched about for three or four minutes, he proceeded across the lane to a pond, from whence he found the cries, which were momentarily getting fainter, proceeded, when, on moving aside the long grass by which the pond was covered, he discovered a fine female infant, apparently about four months old, struggling in the water ; he instantly car ried it to the house of Mr. Farebrother, the overseer of the parish, who directed it to be taken with all speed to the workhouse, where in a short time it revived sufficiently to swallow a little warm milk, and it is hoped it will recover. Owing to the clothes, which were very plain, though neat, being unmarked, no clue has yet been discovered to the in human wretch who attempted to drown the little innocent. The Poor Law Commissioners have issued an order directing the dismissal of Mr. Kingston from his situhtion as medical officer to the St. Alban's Union, in consequence of his neglect of attendance on a pauper, the wife of a labourer named How, he having received notice of her ill ness on a Wednesday afternoon, nd not having given his at tendance till the Friday morning following, on the plea that the order for hig attoodqnr.- " did not set forth that the case was urgent." The order for his dismissal was the re sult of a lengthened inquiry into the case, issued by com mand of the Poor Law Commissioners. Before the Commissioners have made their report, it would be alike unjust to them and to the Govern ment to presume that there exists, on the part of either, a wish to encroach upon the liberty of the subject. Englishmen are extremely jealous of their liberties, and would sooner put up with a decided grievance than risk the hazard of exposing themselves to the wanton exercise of an irresponsible power. They are, moreover, extremely opposed to every thing having the appearance of a system of official espionage ; detest the semblance of organized super vision and ~eldoin allow others to inquire into their motives, or to pry unnecessarily into concerns personal to themselves, They will submit to any evil DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stoek '256 514 I)itto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Anonities ,New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... --- Exch. Bills, .£l,uoo 3 2 pm. Ditto 500 4 3 pm. 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The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, assuming that the great majority of this meeting is composed of Dissenters from the Established Church, I may not improperly remark that the selection of a member of that communion to conduct your proceedings this day is a warrant for the moderation ancirea sonableness of your views. —(Hear.) In evidence of your re liance on the simple justice of your cause, one most accept able manifestation is your confidence in the support of those who, differing from you in minor points of ecclesiastical discipline and practice, are, nevertheless, anxious to se cure to you that redress which you are now assembled to enforce.—(Hear, hear.) It does not become me to make your personal choice a subject of prominent ob servation ; but I may be permitted to affirm that, al though it might have fallen on many far better quali fied by ability, it could not have reached one more deeply sensible of the equity of your claims, or more ardently interested in the success of your undertak ing.—.(Loud cheers.) We are met together for the purpose of organizing a Society for the Abolition of Church rates—for the extinction, without compromise, without commutation, of an impost, unjust in its principle, harsh in its operation, oppressive in the mode of its exaction, and considered a grievous burden on the con sciences of those who, in defiance of their religious scruples, are constrained to swell the arbitrary contribution. If there be any truth in the indefeasible maxims of reciprocal jus tice, the demand of Church rates from Dissenters is unjust and indefensible. No man has a right to require another to do that which, if placed in similar circumstances, he would decline to perform. The Gospel, the only unerring guide, has prescribed no preference for any particular form of Christianity. As a Churchman, I should undoubtedly re fuse to contribute any compulsory payment for the embel lishment of Dissenters' chapels, or to provide clean linen for its services—(Laughter, and cheers) —and therefore it is perfectly unjust that Dissenters should be required to contribute by compulsory means to the repairs of our edifices, and their proper administration. Be assured that you do not stand alone—there are a large number of your brethren belonging to this Establishment who deeply sym pathise in your complaints, and who feel a sense of humi liation, that for their advantage you should be required to contribute to ordances from which you not only derive no benefit, but from which your convictions are averse. Nor, let me tell you, is this feeling confined to laymen of the Church Establishment. I am satisfied that it is largely shared in by many clergymen, who lament that the exaction of Church rates has been a fruitful source of political animo sity—that it has led to the alienation of Christian from Christian, and has sundered those who should otherwise be united in peace and contentment. What were the re corded sentiments of the late Dr. Burton, the Regius Pro fessor of the University of Oxford, and the Chaplain of the late Archbishop of Canterbury ?—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) What were also the opinions of Dr. Fancourt, on the occasion when Church-rates were refused at the parish of St. Mary's, Leicester ?—(Cheers.) Witness also the generous conduct of the four Magistrates of Beccles, who contributed a large portion of the Church-rate them selves out of their own pockets, rather than issue war rants of distress.—(Cheers.) This was not all, for a Ma gistrate in the neighbourhood had contributed largely ; but further, an individual, a dissenter, thinking that some blame might attach to these who had acted so liberally, actually stepped forward and discharged the whole.— (Cheers.) This was, indeed, a striving at charitable rivalry. For his own part, when he adverted to the enor mous revenues of his own Church-3,500,0001. a year— out of which they could afford to pay twenty-four bishops 150,0001.—(Cheers)—to maintain them in unscriptural pomp—(Great cheering, and cries of " Give it them again") —while they were mis-spending their time in Parliament— (lncreased cheering)—knowing that a large proportion of rank and wealth was claimed for the Establishment—recol lecting the manner in which Dissenters had contributed to the support of their own ministers, and the means which they had taken, and still took in missions ; and also the Christianity which they displayed in disseminating religio'us education—he confessed, for his own part, that he felt a great degree of mortification at the extortions they were subject to.—(Cheers.) He felt convinced that if Church Rates were done away with, their place might be supplied easily by an allotment of Queen Anne's Bounty—(Cheers) —which in his opinion had been most improperly adminis tered. When he was entrusted last session with a petition against Church rates, from the committee of three denomi nations of Dissenters in the metropolis, and also with a pe tition from the committee representing the whole body of Quakers, many facts had been communicated to him con nected with the business. At that time the spoliation and incarceration of Mr. Childs of Bungay had just taken place. He believed that was almost the only case with which he had been furnished with respect to the Dis senters, but there was a case of two Quakers at Chelms ford, with which he was particularly struck. Those two individuals had in the course' of twenty-five years had property amounting to more than 1,5001. seized for the establishment of one place of worship.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") In one of the southern counties ten or twelve months' ago, a Quaker farmer had a warrant issued against him for the non-payment of church -rates, amountii ° s to 11. 18s. A h ors e worth 201. w as se i ze d from him, and then his granaries and barns, containing sacks of threshed corn were thrown open to the dis training officer. That would not satisfy him, and he insisted upon taking the horse for the purpose of punishing, no doubt, the unfortunate man.—(Loud cries of " Shame.") The horse was sold for 11/. 10s., the expenses amounting to upwards of Si. A friend of the unfortunate Quaker offered to pay the arrears, but the Quaker's scru ples would not allow it, and the rapacious churchwarden triumphed.—(Great hissing.) One individual was seized upon to the amount of 40/., the demand upon him being 9s. Another, whose forced contribution was 2s. 6d. was seized upon to the amount of 3/.153., the expenses amount ing to 1/. 1 ls. 6d. These things did not take place in the days of Lord and Strafford, not in the days of cutting off of ears, not in the days of the boot called " little ease" —(Loud cheers)—modes of affliction well known to Dis senters—(Cheers)—not in the reign of the mis-called Martyr Charles—( Three distinct rounds of oheering)—but in the reign of William the Fourth, some years after the passing of the Reform Bill, when civil and religious rights were deemed secure, and justice was supposed to be faithfully and impartially administered.—(Cheers.) Could these things occur without giving rise to vexatious and offensive opposi tion ?—(Loud cries of " No, no") —they could not without giving offence to religious feeling and arousing their indigna tion.--(Cheers.) It must be borne in mind that Ministers, unfortunately for themselves, had made declarations unfa vourable to their cause. They must therefore expect op position in the House of Commons, and the most vigorous hostility in the House of Peers.—(Cheers and laughter.) The work, therefore, must be done out of Parlirment— they must do their own work ; and observing all legal obli gations, they must advance with concentrated vigour, and win that emancipation which their urgent remonstrances had failed to accomplish.—(Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read a letter containing the reso lutions of the Central Committee of Scotch Dissenters in Edinburgh, appointing the Rev. Mr. Campbell and the Rev. Mr. Redpath their deputies to the meeting. He also read letters of excuse from the following M.P.'s—Grote, Ag lionby, Clay, Sergeant Wylde, C. Rippon, Wilks, Tooke, and Patteson. They all cordially joined in the hope that the meeting would succeed in their endeavours. JOSESHHUME, Esq., M.P. rose to move the first reso lution, and was received with loud cheers. During a long public life he bad always supported those principles which they had met that day to give effect to.—(Cheers.) He had come there not with any intention of moving the first resolution, but as Member for the county, to hear the opi nions of the assembly. He, however, was always ready either to drive or lead.—(Cheers.) He would be most happy to use his best efforts in any way, not for a commuta tion of Church Rates, but for their entire abolition. He had often before expressed his opinion, and he still maintained it, that it was absolutely necessary that those who felt the burthen should be prepared to put their shoul ders to the wheel, in order to assist its removal.—(Great cheering.) During his experience he had known nothing removed until the shoulders of the people had become rest less.—(Cheers.) He fully agreed in the sentiments so nobly put forward by Bentham, that " the many would never get any relief until they had made the ruling few uneasy."—(Loud cheers.) That was the pur port of their meeting, and he had come to assist them. He should have preferred that the first resolution had been put into the hands of one not a church goer ; but having been called upon, and, as he said before, being always ready, either to lead or to drive, it was with pleasure he rose to propose the following resolution :- 1. That while this meeting disclaim all hostile feeling to the pre sent Administration, and are grateful for the enlightened measures on Marriage and General Registration, which have been introduced and carried into law ; they are, nevertheless, constrained to lament that the Government have been backward to propose the extinction of the odious impost of church rate; and to fear, from various inti mations, that they are not now prepared with a satisfactory mea sure on that subject. Ile boi)«.d that his votes of the session woidd taken as evidence that he was not an enemy to thu present Ministry—he was most anxious to keep them in their present situation ; but he was also most anxious to urge them on in that career which would be for t f lre benefit of the people, and which it was most necessary the them to pursue, in order that they should rem ain at head of the Government. He, and those who like hi m had a peep behind the scenes, and knew how the actor! worked, were aware of the great difficulties by which their cause was surrounded ; and it was their duty to info rm an instruct the people that it was upon themselves they trat 4 rely. All would remember that the first proposition that; was put forth was by Lord Althorp, for the purpose of commuting the Church-rates, and placing _them 11 1 1 ° n the Consolidated Fund ; in fact, taking them from the con trol of the people and placing them upon a fund over which they had no control whatever. That was worse, and he and a few friends to the cause then had given it their most strenuous opposition, which then prevailed ; and happy he was that it was so, for he always had been of opinion that no man should be called upon to pal fo r the teacher of another.—(Loud cheers.) The Dissenters had waited with most exemplary patience, giving Ministers credit for good intentions, and fully believing that last ses sion they would bring forward good measures for their re lief. He (Mr. H.) had been one of those who upon a former occasion had advised them to wait ; and on the open , " ing of last session, when the measures of the session were announced, and when he found that the Dissenters were• neglected, he not only loudly, but often urged the necessity of their still bringing forward measures for the relief of the Dissenters. He would take that opportunity of stating that his decided opinion was, that no distribution of the revenues of the Church should have been made, until the Dis senters had been relieved—(Loud cheering)—and that was the ground upon which he had opposed all the four Church Bills of last Session, and that was the ground ea which he would persevere in his opposition to the last. Being overruled by better advice, he and his friends had contented themselves by entering their protest ae•ainst the measure, by forcing on a division. He trusted° that Ministers would be prepared, by the beginning of the ensu ing Session, to propose such measures as would give prac tical relief to the Dissenters. He did not, however, think that Ministers were able to do so, unless the opinion of the country was clearly demonstrated to be in their favour. Many of the most valuable members of the Established Church were in favour of the Dissenters, and most anxiou s to have their grievances redressed. And why should they not ? Was it possible to look to Ireland, the' most ne glected portion of the empire, and yet Ireland had been relieved from the pressure of Church-rates.—(Cheers.) How had that been accomplished? Not by sitting down quietly and peaceably, but by agitation, and thus in spite of Parliament and the House of Lords, that stop to all improvement—(Much laughter)—lreland had been re lieved. If, therefore, the Irish had obtained that relief, what reason was there why the English Dissenters should be still oppressed. If Scotland also was in a great measu re relieved of that burden (for there were only two town's' Edinburgh and Montrose, in which Church-rates were levied) why should not their brethren in England be relieved from this most unjust impost.—(Cheers.) 1 1 ° (Mr. Hume) was one who believed that it never was tended that the Dissenters should be compelled to support the Established Church when the property which the Church now held was first bestowed upon it. Let the Es tablishment fall back upon its resources and he (Mr. Hume) would be bound that that property which had been stated by their Chairman at three millions, but which he believed would be found to come near to five millions, would be found amply sufficient for the repair and decoration of their edifices.—(Cheers.) He would venture to say that if they went back to the history of the great accumula tion of Church property, it would be found that it never was contemplated that these repairs should come out of any other fund than the tithes.—(Hear.) The fact was, they had grown into their present condition, and it was their duty to use their most strenuous, and, at the same time, constitutional efforts to relieve themselves.—(Hear, hear.) The Reform Bill had conferred many advantages upon the people, and it was because he (Mr. Hume) felt that his Majesty's present Ministers were the greatest obstacle to any change in the principle of that measure, that he gave them his support. They would be shocked perhaps to learn the sentiments uttered by their opponents, and that , he regretted to say, without comment, in the presence of a dignitary of the Establishment, the Archbishop of Canter bury. In speaking of the relief of the Dissenters, a Rev.. Gentleman, a Mr. Hornbuckle, stated at Maidstone that' they were leagued with heretics, Papists, and revolutionists , to overturn the Church,—(Laughter and cheers.) He (Mr. Hume) was so shocked, that he wrote to the Editor of the paper at Maidstone. to obtain the most correct ac count of What had been really said, and he found the report was but too correct. It was evident that there were many clergymen like Mr. Hornbuckle, with more zeal than judg ment, and who could very eloquently expatiate upon the great advantages derived to the Church from the introduction of wealthy families. In this instance it appeared that they had let out the cloven foot, and although they had religion eternally in their mouths, it was from documents like the present that their true character could be known,..—(Hean hear.) He called upon every Dissenter in the community who had the spirit of an Englishman no longer to submit t° this most odious impost, but to resist it by every means in their powe r , an d th us a t l eng th com p e l hi s M a jesty to bring the question forward. He would not say that Ministers would be able to carry a Bill for the relief of Di ss enters ! but they wou ld th us pu t th e ma tt er t o the test, and sbos who really were and who were not the representatives of the people. He (Mr. Hume) had told Lord John Russell in his place that he had not acted prudently in disappoint ing the hopes of the Dissenters, and the answer he re ceived was that he (Mr. Hume) appeared to feel more strongly upon the subject than the Dissenters them selves.—(Hear, hear.) His (Mr. Hume's) reply was, that Lord John Russell would find himself very much mista ken—that the Dissenters had given him credit for an an xiety to relieve them, but they now found that he was ne t prepared to alter the plan which Lord Althorp had intend ed to submit on the subject. The present meeting be (Mr. Hume) took to be the beginning of the test, and 11 0 considered it the school to teach Ministers, not what the Dissenters of London, but of all England, expected from them.—(Hear, hear.) They required no such language or conduct as that pursued by their opponents. They would obtain their ends by moderation and good temper. Front Mr. Hornbuckle's statement it appeared that " fidels, Papists, Dissenters, and Destructionalis ta ; were seeking the destruction of the Establisher; Church, in order more easily to subvert all the institutions ol the State."—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Hume) proclainll that to be a libel on the Dissenters—(Hear, heart such was the language used in the year 1793. it t "'" then said, " Touch not a stone ; meddle not with this or with with that, for the taking away of one particle We t ", throw us all into confusion." H e (Mr. H. admitten that he was one of thos e t rou bl esome persons who were not satisfied—it was his d u ty, an d it w as the duty .° f every man who took pa r t i n p u bli c lif e , to endeavour DoY, every means in his p ower t o re li eve hi s fellow citizens ; the burthens by which th e y were opp r essed. One of th e greatest aduantages of the Reform Bill was, that it tna n _., every man reflect upon what was good and what Wr; bad, and to endeavour by every means in his P ° , to conduce to the happiness of society. UnfortunaLei;Jo, many would recollect the case of the tradesman Svc having ventured to give an opinion of a liberal ten don o 7 was told to attend to his shop and leave those mattersre his betters. He would now call upon all those w ho 11, 0 present to come forward in support of the great prinel jt for which they were contending, and make religion whab _ „ a was intended to be, instead of a continual source o f turf and dissension. He maintained that Englishmen had _, much right to be relieved from this impost as Scotsoll:f or Irishmen. There were ample means at the d is P? sa di.. the Established Church to repair and decorate their eat fices—it was not for him or for that meeting to poilltif i t e t the sources from which this money should come—but, t h e was left to him (Mr. Hume), he would s peedily means—(Laughter). Whether the House of Lords nu, If the sented to such a measure was nothing to them. itioa House of Commons did its duty, and that any opPo' h f o r was thrown in its way, it would be then time enong • ) (Cheerreb• them to enforce what was just and right.-- - % ees to All they demanded was a relief from those grievance which they had no right to sustain. There was. be one tempt at spoliation which he (Mr. Hume) would not o conte lld of the first to protest against ; and he would A.ers to toat it was most iniquitous to compel the Dissent' oe support an institution to which they did not belong• offer would entreat of the Dissenters to reject everyaot at at commutation—let the relief be uncondition al, or ort its all.—(Cheers.) Let the Established Church suPP tisf i e d, own institutions, and the Dissenters would, he vvals tt 0 0 0. take care of their own.—(Continued cheers.) ln e Gentleman then moved the resolution. 401 to The Rev. JOHN BURNETT had been reque,er for second the resolution of the Honourable Memo' when Middlesex. That Hon. Gentleman was not awatro 001' stating the views of some individuals opposed taken the that the Times newspaper of that morning had , „ d o of very same view of their proceedings, and then , e l ly or "ded- - • prophecy—for they prophecied as well r the (Laughter)—that such was to be the characterto s up per., meeting to-day. Those who had a bad cause f r t tiler(' if did not inquire into facts—it was sufficient do therefore, they could support the views of their party ;an o f toi taking time beforehand, they state that thenle t c l o u i %bine day was to be composed of radicals and infidels,men„ from a to pull down the Church. Such was the state L, i tne correspondent of the dicals being determined to allow the land no re .3 -- - L e "' was o ter)—lt appeared from this, that no resting Tinges, who commenced=se sugto "Hear, le ot earnest that something must be done—, _ ens be had until good was done, and this, therefore7giao%.f, L r ' e, pnorommsottairntginaggtithaetiosnubjandcdt oefuCithinagrehdiscßoantteesata!, a 1v promoting tbas