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Patriot Office, bth Feb. 1839. * -the ai l iot one shilling has been paid in ...~ N LIG. 1 arm of t in i° .; m orn- ' Light to-: ten or onic vision liter its larch of ailroads c „ e its urse °f 1600 0 )(le and . eq ually ces• [no ,c(f the Ise enel 1 .4 charge'' caree'r ' hither' ;,0 araet( ;r, arduC lug vho a" on, ' ild scar Jai e‘ 11°t eye y, I ie 1 1 11 LTA ' e all th iture 0 part}'' for tbeil suppo~ l use t i-j 3 10 a& _!opx— „, , !en b cith' • choose t I is an d tub the tinalitY inassez; Lo y love wh at pe hone °. co pld to their a g re . at , told!? to sting rind toe laugh ing of Pia° of c3rests d g'r°l do d to, but 4? o mane c°°lll I no in tr :alp be "i, r ae t o eve iert , Ted virt e ' Ig u or/ or A . cma uglag '- 511 r ,ears t . 1 1 ,8 pa rt l -- , ju ...40 0 1 1 CY • e IRO% e, b e N; e..-• blic P t ' • keeP to • lro be- 1 5 not s it ' eo bola' 4 , e WO , 0 if, tor . Glad' 0. 'li eY btA ; ro tten ,upplie“ ... ~ • ha% Y iv deer. , i s the to sell° the ex; a n a only __ Cover t' in for° Esq. , of ire, the Georg e reef, g Lord? orst er ' T• Z it "' l a te ajestY to Rey -0 Air )tirt, by ts': relg9 di e ses , ~ Bern her We, o f the f ',rt., - .OFFICE OF OR ANCE JAN. 30, 1539. H E PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Her Majesty's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice that Quintity of Great Coats, Harness, Junk, Paper, Sand Bags, Tanned Hides. Cuttings. of , Lcatler, Sponge and Rammcr Heads, Hand Screws, Hand Bills, Felling Axes, Hand Hatchets, various Helves; Park Pickets, Ammunition and Bread Wag- Phi, Horse Shoes Old Locks, Chairs, Brushes, Bellows, and Iro n Utensils, Oak', Ash, and Elm Slab, Firewood, and TWO S TACKS o f HAY, 01 be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION, n the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on THURSDAY, the 14th Fetb nal, 1839, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, instead 0 f the sth of that month, as previously announced. 0 MaeyS b al e e. viewed .fro m Ten to Four o'clock, a week previous th Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance-office, Pall-mall; "Towe r of London ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. • By order of the Board, It. BYHAM, Secretary. PROTESTANT SOCIETY for the PRO -1 ECTION OF 11ELIGIOUS LIBERTY. At a SPECIAL MEETING of the COMMITTEE, held at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry; on Monday, February ith, 1839, Preliminary to the approaching Session of Parliament. J• BALD WIN BROWN Esq., LL.D., Treasurer, in the Chair, L was unanimously Resolved, l• That this Committee, on a review of the great principles of - Religious Freedom, which tledr Society was founded to inculcate Lti b o d : s P lK : l i u d r , in a g lid of the succeseful results that have attended their the metreaable and eventful period of the last 25 r"8 —feel uhabated r.. l :',:achment to the cause they have cordially e : li ned, arm- consc;tentious delight at the many and important ms, to Dis. lent ers and the Community, which they have ob. huntedand bestir ved : and that especially in Parliamentary affairs, c.4 " l .Y u have n o t c snly averred many threatening and in j urious pro _ iee ; a nd ' ',operated with the respectable and zealous Deputies m . th e • , a Congregations, in effecting the repeal of the Test Corporal o n Acts (towards which they contributed One Thou. : nd Yount' a), b ut have orig i nated th e measures f or procur i ng a :11, C halloo al al Registry of Births, Marriages, and DC:dllS—of retiev f " ''"" l ""ers from Sunday Tolls—of exempting Places of Worship t : the un h and Poor Rates—of entitling the port in workhouses rc "to - vlance of their own religious Instructors--and of securing alter f j I w s o w r e s p h t ip hi n p n p S il u y n a d w ay a s y. for apprenticed Negroes, when their tali chat, whilst this Committee recur, with grateful and exhihs satil fiction , to the increased diffhsion of kdowledge, as to the sci ehr. l4l P c ni slice of Religious Equality, and of the Rights of. Con. rh o ---- to a eoul_r , "heeriug spread of liberal sentiments—and to si gna'4 triumt - ,hs over prejudice and local oppressions—they d ea je "nt "t perceive that there remain . many enormous evils unre spirist ilhi tt iere is abroad a bigotted, High Church, and intolerant th e h ' br eLrai rig threatenings, and kindling strife; and that from Of „-yw cdta• olishments of " The Christian Influence Society," and se nt ,; l ; 4( ' te Union in defence of the Church," motives are pre. "hic ft. require their unslumbering vigilance, and which indu, ie all friends to Liberty, of every denomination, to in. • azing uni rn--watchfulness—andleal. b 9 the " l 'at t hese convictions have been confirmed and augmented Buri n !mum of this Committee within the past seven Months, d red f, sli they have 'seen induced to offer Prizes of One Hun be„, t ",.nil = ls, and 'l'wr my-five Guineas, for the best and second. Str ati - ' 55 fit replying to the Lectures of Dr. Chalmers, and demon. nit lie tinseriptural nature and evil effects of an alliance be. d ebt,o n tl, l •• Church and. the State—' and have received the unprece -4.o_`. lit ember S l ,i%rty-two applications for advice and assistance, Eue 'n C. Counties of Berks, Buckingham, Cambridge, Dorset, rtl Moucester, Hants, Hereford, Kent, Lancashire, Lincoln, Mot imolai), Norfolk, Northampton, Suffolk, Sussex, a r 4 vt i and `files , `files , in England; •and from those of Brecknock, il lN ;' Ca rnarvon, Glamorgan, to Montgomery, and Pembroke, iss t l 3 , °4 al h and Sc nth Wales—as Church-rates—as to tolls impro t e' [landed to Poor-rates illegally imposed—as to refusals ceed i: ,lY t he children of Dissenters, and to marry a Baptist—as to pre. Ecel , Niastical Courts—as to inscriptions on tombstones th e e • t° en croachments on the Trust property of Dissenters—as to ss cu . x . el usion of Dissenting 'Ainisters from Workhouses—as to pro. 11,,tis:)nh instituted against, Dissenters from vindictive and intolerant trati„ 4 " ba eut-ef dis , .r preaching—as to abuses under the Regis. sad .41 an kllferriage !lets, recently passed—and as to most cruel chiirnutraget ms persecutions and riots, instigated by Tortes and raw, c . htn ell, by Clergsmien, Magistrates, and persor s of yet higher bu, °r an d Which all have demonstrated the necessity and useful who. ' th eir Institution to protect the conscientiousand the devout, ra t ,: e enh arty in ru s ral districts, would else become victims to igno da,:, tigotry, and. Power : and have proved that even in these pe r6 ; iti °l t ration is 'but imperfectly enjoyed, and that established Cu. seleishhness pant to re-assume a harsh and extol'. 4. e dominatier throughout the Land. fr oto That the api Joaching Session of Parliament will demand hu ere t _ lllB Columitt ce, and from all who are not heedless of the best se,._.....rliitacitobefrtt.hic.e.irettoriuntry and mankind, prompt, combined, and en- Fri T ne ti li l g it i l o e u n a s )1 . ch,urch.ratee, Eetacation of the People on Just and liberal p rO teCtiOr I 0 s pious and Dissenting poor in Workhouses, estic e e , ern l`tint lof Dissenters from the oppressions of the Ecelesi. of , ourts, m id, for the prevention--• Of a l)eW esthl Ishment of Chaplains In Union Poor-houses, 01 Chur ch Extension in Scotland, from the public Revenue, ' Grants for New Churches In England. Vati on t a b i e „. spropriation to Episcopalians in Canada of the -sands, q s ‘.nd r Episcopalian New Sees in our Colonial Pessessions:— "'" ft 'r the complete and final removal, of the wrongs and budic e : lle " an , Alen enumerated. and by which Dissenters arc preju. t need deb ued, and of which they have—ltng—unavailingly— ",4 ostjust ly complained. fili o „, " litiat to express the opinions of this Committee to their ski ” -col trit'rynaen and the Legislature, these Resolutions be printed , h aci `erth cid, and Petitions be presented to both Houses of Par. f e 1,,, -e ,, n t nd that to accelerate the accomplishment of wishes Od ern truth and experience, they exhort all Dissenting Congre. 3„,.." 4°0 5 throughout the empire, to forward Petitions for these ob. he 'j , . so irsoble and urgent, without any delay--and to exert their "ilnateinfluence over the Member, for their Counties and Towns, .° induce them to give these matte rs th e i r ser i ous a tt en ti on — an d to : 00 51 all efforts made for rhea attainelent, their strenuous and -41 1. needed support. J. B. BROWN, Chairman. JOHN WILKS, Hon. Sec. 14 , ARTE - R._it is not generally known that bfor e h.', .WINES of the first quality in the London Docks may 8 1::` In. EXCHANGE for any dercription of Go ods suited lop IPPITIig, from 151 . to any amount, and at prices equally % Ili :Jo those advertised for cash. This is a desirable opium-- hitt, Tanf97 persons e who hold an unsaleable Stock to convert it gi bl property. It.........ateptp,lchteeaptds:i:s. WILLIAM FELL and Co., 6, Friday- 001) TEAS, in 61b. bags, at 35., 3s. 4d., , etfr: nd„ l . 10d. per lb . Th e latter has _s exceeding recently arrived tod qui r i n t ma, and report speaks highlyo f it &ST INDIA TEA COM PANY, No. 9, GREAT S . HELE NS CHURCH YARD, Bishopsgate-street. --:j:----E TTS's PATENT BRANDT.—The ha e traorslinary patronage with which this favourite beverage by _ 0 . , 9411, honoured by the Nobility the Medical Profession, and el honoured of the 03 ' unity since its introduction in 1819, of itself, sufficie m n m tsviden ' es of its unosmalled merits. 4 1° this triumphant success must be attributed the fast, that to w il l egeeding year has witnessed the birth and death of some %s ee ra ndY liktablishment called into life by jealousy of bias ne of he Patent Brandy, and doomed to sertain failure as ittil iNt rY unsequenee ; Ming totally unable to produce an T h e olpable of :attaining a competition with it. tilleOi..nly Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co. is the Dis *her": „'". 7, Smithfield -bars, leading to St. John-street, In 'fie Patent Brandy may be hail either pale or colsursd, petnantities not less than two Gallons, at Eighteen Shillings 411 Verial G a ll es, fw Cash cm delivery. 13 FIELD'S DIAMOND PLATE POW- I t • DER, warranted not to wear the Plate. 4 . 411tl intly °liars tarnish and dirt, and magiselly produces lir el , 4 - t inimitable Polish upon Gold, Silver, Plated Goods, te r t Tia ' Copper, and makes British Plate, Zino, and Pew si4' at white as the best Silver. whol esale and retail, at Hallot and Co.'s British Plato b Fa c t or ' "' 41 L 1 gate-str ee t. N o kA tenust to the Queen,IIIIH, Newport, _lsle of Wight. J . z il ' . a ' r Cattle st reet, Lei•oeter- Pools, Manches ter. Holbrook, 1 lb, Grafton ..‘ breet, street a n )4ll , No. 84, L im i sars l- Dublin. d,• Parkinson, Birmingham. 17 , ponolicreh-rtrect. ; Nettleship, Lineoln. -en and Carmarthea: Bleomiold, Poole, Dorset. nw..And at the Manufactory, 92, nebu rob . -streot. N. I A I T NTg W ANTED for every gown in the Kingdoin. ." -P late clea ne d w i t h t hi s p ow d e r w ill co t again tarnish No --- "'"- 32 n y At ' ( 'HEAT RUSSELL.STREET, BLOOMSBURY, and tic H ALF MOON STREET, PICCADILLY. " I ,ERAL SUGGEDANETIM FOR FILLING DECAYED TEETH. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED, t,lkloosi MALIANS OF TEETH SUPPLIED , R--uBSl,:'" , and Son, Surgeon Dentists, 32, GREAT ..14.11tp',1-... S TREET, BLOOMSBURY, and 9, HALF MOON ith '..., Fl CCADlLLY,contintie to restore DECA YED TEETH u 'ole ii„.„Ir_MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, (of which they arc the a P t essuc i ' s ' 11 .; NTORS and POSSESSORS), without pain, leat. or -0 , t). - , and FASTEN LOOSE TEETH, whether arising , from Arse -I.set,dise.ase of the Gums the use of Calomel, • m an y other ,41i,„TheY have also discover ' ed a NEW COMPOsI . II ON far ;lad e f ' ICIAL TEETH. A peculiar advantage attending lec h th ;` * sei, l t94. l this SUBSTANCE is, that they are totally isnpervisi o. s Itti,s, s B . , ARTIFIC I AL TEETH have hitherto been found do pe ;'T h is by INVALIDS taking MEDICINES whic h . have a ten. 3" , .1 1,, DISCOLOUR them, - and by persons of bilious habits. t h t 14,,, - ,„,- havo been inicseastul in obviating these obifctions by - ' 4 oth''' w DISCOVERY, and they can fi x the above without ex- At wiz,lt the STUMPS, er causing any incur:brance, and even en tiOit e ,? Of the most tender nature, protecting the adjoining Teeth, 3 10",.?... , loose. No WI TIES or LIGATURES are used, and 'hey 4, ~`1 the Ortitir NAL TEETH in point of shape and Colour. "Iise,,'„ 4 NTEED for MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. In °l l),,,,";,ttice of their improvements in the mechanical department ital,""strY. they are enabled to reduce their charges to the fillewing A -, , , A 3i'll , e Artificial Tooth y ZO 10 II 4 ge t * ~••••••.' . . ................................................ .... 5 5 0 A s Q , ii Natural Teeth W." . Messrs. Malian's Incorrodible T eeth, highly 1 .40 14 " ed ill the first style "1 10 * I r) pir,eTeetli Fastened N • e t , e caYed Toot . .h ' t ocir kl Great Russell street. Bloomsbury, and 9. Half Man ce-44'y. b II CIPSY and CONSUMPTION CURED cZilt 1 0 . Ily a PHYSICIAN. - ti e l„' beini' d 7 SYSTEM TRIUMPHANT I—The most extreme 611,''' ill,s -ad Y cured by it with great rapidity, as reference to pa i .. 4 ,, l'ess trove. so satisfied is the discoverer of the certaint y of h . s , 0.1) . Ih r .. a !, pe is willing to forego his fee 'to all who Persoli_li n i e il i ,;:_ t t , e, ne e until after they aro cured. Attendancorom , lui e k",* olit a i n 4 ,essrs. Grahams and Co's., 13S, Holborn liars , where Cot, 1 curi e " the Anti.Consuinptive Liniment , . so celebral I,h te ß l ) :%, , no n ,,, aucl preventing Consumption, Asthma, Chronic edfor 'erri,, d 1 ! efr e 4 l , (1, 9 , es of the Lungs Throat,.Liver, at!sl S _h, t , oN er ! A perfeu w it hout tenderness • r ether inconv . eutence. T!1,0 nahit, 11 so m.,:,e9Y safe, and is applied by gentle friction, a ndip "ut d 1; 4 I)r,iii"n strengthening the chest, &c., that all of wea kly I) s ,, e e rn Y, 4, Th 'lb Sed to pulmonary diseases, shou'd apply to it wit . n- W• t "Is ex , 1 . 4 all vocalists, public speakers, &c., who necessanly t he : h each cis for the lungs. or the l, 3 , 1E - r i l l t rs le will be given the ESSAY lately published on % ab latter 1,,,,„'1) of CURING DROPSYand CONSUMPTION, al ". asah o ; he had alone of all booksellers, or at Messrs. O .... 4 0_ / 11:11./ E o...raper nocuit differre paratis."—LUCAN . ... RE 13 perhaps no situation in. etlll!:.eice(lrntpeetititarrassment as when the over 7 sensitvi t t he f i te r l them tfe so full physical atc , 7 f ectio n , ettotrheyeal their moral indiscretions, Ihr,,nlato 14 the ° era in disease aug lib, L , the am , _.o Morbid imagination , while ' increasing the mind. Sen- Day after day sloes the ho o rr r oi of exposure 10,, nf th e ii e rtPlt of the body and the irritability o T„.4,l,ractie_ll;xulsti. thus protracted, we have adopted. successful, and which thcaitendes ti:ecail,seorilueitriecerls as pr i ored f io be rs hzh l lysuc communication e . with system which tre:eriptiontecopl from sucTi e mollo7 crsultation. A been_me lunautteo liar4t4te DatiettihteirtalleA IYrit t ten ac in re p cy la . in ai l , a d nni c ar ~ , ar lenabl the pecu lits.,,,_ ore of our precgC;, a e e rn s isracini every Unityra that the most timid may feel encouragement in the cypnf: ~.1 , Went v u ,, s af forded them variety of difficult err -41,1R ''"v Years of .ractice, exclusively devoted to discales ',ly 6,,11 Iridiscretion,Pam• ty, or climate, whereby ttith'n.beeorne enfeehled e , enable us to promise a restoration to the vonstitution ~,l l es,,w ig i f , 3, 4 l, aany interference wit h the ordinarytheta nd habits. t_riheli,sr !esidenScet:danti:toi,,atricenttos in n e nal er day, tWe"r7.lini consulted , as of ' ge Y cou„: :Innd ~ti",:!..treated s uccessfully on their describing minutely the case, oec..".!m a a remit tance for Advice and Medicine. I' c,t eco n,r, s the Medicines will be securely packed, and earefifflv `. froM observation. b . ,* GOSS and CO., M.11.C. 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SOLOMONS disclaim all connection with the sale of Arither Spectacles—and in doing so they state the his ,t,... tory' of Apelbser=— , " It gite.4.teut electricity by friction; it is an indurated ve getable juice, and not produced by the laws of crystalization, but by the 'Same causes which now influence the mechanical condition of gum, insects are often found embedded in it."-- Perke's Chemistry. " When amber is exposed to heat it becomes soft, swells, bub bles up, is apt to take fire, it burns with a yellowish flame, and turni a red colour."—Hern's Chemistry. They also refer to Messrs. Curtis and Dolland's Second Edi tion " On the Preservation of Sight," pages 55 and 56, as to the injurious effects of Amber Spectacles to impeded vision, in emesequence of the colour and soft sticky state of the ma terial, it being impossible to form it into a perfect lens, and an imperfect lens is certain to prove a most serious destruction to risen. Those statements of facts may be ascertained at any respect able Optician's in London. The Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented " Spectacle Lenses," and very small 4 6 Voice Conductor," for deaf persons, are only to be had at their Establishment, 39, Albemarle-street. In consequence of the gross imposition in the country,.it is nece4sary to state that no Travellers are employed by the above botabbehtneut. LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1839. GREAT LEINSTER and MUNSTER RLWAY. FIRST EXTENSION from DUBLIN to KILKENNY. Notice is hereby given that the SECOND HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Company, in conformity with the Act of Incorporation, will bo held at tha Company's Offices, 62, Moorgato-street, on SATURDAY, the 2d day of March ensuing, at the hour of One o'Clock precisely. Proxies must be lodgod with the Secretary five days' prior to the meeting. HENRY BAINBRIDGE, Chairman. Office, 2, 11 Ioorgate-street, London, Feb. 5. 1839. L ONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL WAY COMPANY. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, July 15, 1537. CALL for the FOURTH INSTALMENT of 31. per SHARE. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of !the London and Brighton Railway Company have This Day made a CALL of 31. per SHARE in this undertaking, and the same is directed to be paid en or before the 18th day of February next, to either of the undermentioned Bankers, via.:— London—Messr s . S m ith, P ayne, an d Sm i th, an d M essrs . Hankey. Liverpool and Manchester —Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank, on aecount of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith. Brighton—Messrs. Wigney and Co., and Messrs. Hall, West, Horror, and Hall. Levres—Meows. Mohnen: and Co. Glasgow—Glasgow Union Bank. Dublin—Provincial Bank of Ireland. Proprietors hares are therefore requested to pay the genie accordingly: _~ ~,,• SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY. Th• eighteenth annual meeting of the subscribers and friends to the above Society was held yesterday at the Rooms in King William-street. Sir F. OMMANEY in the Chair. _ The SECRETARY read a report of the proceedings of the Society during the past year, from which it ap yeared that since the establishment of the Society 45,485 seamen of all nations had received from it medi cal and surgical relief ; that the number of patients admitted on board the Dreadnought during the past year was 2,579, out patients 1,502. The report of the medical officers proved the froquent occurrence of scurvy of the worst description, to which the Commit tee begged to draw the attention of ot%nets and masters of ships, experience showing that the remedy for that baneful enemy to the seaman did not consist so much in fresh meat diet as upon a plentiful supply of vege tables, lime juice, and fruit, whenever they could bo procured and carried to sea. The report contained the following statement of the average ages of "5,000 sea men employed in the merchant 'service, siz. :—under 15, 59 ; 15 and under 20, 474 ; 20 add under 30, 2,376 ; 30 and under 40, 1,130 ; 40 and under 50, 672 ; 50 and under GO, 234 ; GO and under 70, 49 ; 70 and upwards, 6. Thus showing that out of 5,000 seamen, only 49 appeared in employment at the age of 60 years. The report was ordered to be printed, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman the meeting separated. THE ABUSES OF LUNATIC ASYLUMS. The public cannot have forgotten the sensation which was created, a short time ago, by the disclosure which took place at Mat !borough street Police-office, where a gentleman named Paternoster applied for the protection of the law, from the ruffianly volence of two keepers of a lunatic asylum at Kensington, who had seized upon him early one morning, anti without any authority, but only Instigated by some private enemies of the unfortunate gentleman, attempted to fetter him, and convey him to that place of confinement. Fortunately for his liberty, and, we add, for the public interests, Mr. Paternoster being a powerful man was able to rid himself, not without great efforts, nor until he hid been most cruelly beaten from his cowardly assailants ; but on making applications at the police office far pro tection, two doctors, or pseudo doctors, incited by the personal foes of Mr Paternoster, and who, perhaps, might have honestly, though we think stupidly enough,have imagined, from the naturally excited state of that gentleman, that his reason was not quite sound, came forward to give their " certificates," of his insanity, contrary to the evidence of their senses, for Mr. Paternoster evinced by his lan. guage as touch of sound reason—some people may think more—than the Magistrates who suffered him again to be seized upon. Happily, however, he at last succeeded in making his escape. He is still living in the hourly apprehension of being once-more attacked, and immured in solitary imprisonment. We are happy in reflecting that it was to the Police Report, published in The Sun, that he owed his liberation, and we hope, through the same medium, the public mind will be awatened to a sense of the horrors which In all human probability aro now acting in hundreds of similar in. stances, or for which, at all events, the present state of the law on the subject of lunatics, affords but too great facilities. Several gen. tletnen who have interested themselves on the subject met to-day at No. 49, Haymarket. Among them were Mr. Paternoster and ano ther unfortunate victim of private enmity, which, under the disguisz of n•edical " certificates," was enabled to gratify itself by confining him for eighteen months in an asylum—both these gentlemen being —as we can state from our personal observation, during an interview of an hour or two's duration—just as fully in possession of their reasoning faculties, as any man living; and showing, by their conversation, mental abilities of no ordinary character. That the law which suffers such persons to be confined, when, and whese, and how, private animosity may dictate, at the slight cost of a medical insanity " certificate," even though in direct opposition to common sense and to personal examination—that such a state of the law is truly horrible, no doubt can be enter tained ; and these gentlemen anxious to have it remedied, are desirous of forming a Committee to take measures for attaining that " consummation" so ardently to be longed for, and any persons willing to aid in the laudable and philanthropic work, may receive every information by applying at the house above.named. Is there no Member of Parliament, who has public spirit enough to take up the question. PUBLICATIONS This day was published, Dedicated, by p erm i ss i on, to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K. 0., &c. &c., JAL A • VINDICATION of the RIGHTS of BRI. TISH LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, and LA. BOURERS, against the CLAIM of the COTTON CAPI. 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Douglas Gresley, Esq. J. A. Cheyne, Esq., of Kil- M. Longridge, Esq. moron Thomas Cargill, Esq. John 6ligo, Esq., of Carmyle ;Nicholas Wood, Esq. Thos. Henderson, Esq., of Henry Stoddart, Esq. • Press W. Woods, Esq. Robert Cadell, Esq. J. Priestman, Esq. Richard Hunter, Esq. J. Smithson, Esq. David Milne, Esq. John Clayton, Esq. - G. L. Finlay, Esq. Exward Oxley, Esq. J. G. Hopkirk, Esq. Thomas Storey, Esq. James Bowden, Esq. !Thomas E. Harrison, Esq. Adam Black, Esq. iFrancis Mewburn, Esq. Alex. M'Neill, Esq. • 'Richard Otley, Esq. S. Mackenzie, Esq. A. Henderson, Esq., Long • Niddry Adam Rolland, Esq., of Gask Local Committees have also been formed in Berwick and Dunbar. BA NKERS. —ln Scotland—The Royal Bank, the British Linen Company, and the National Bank, and their branches. Newcastle— Sir M. W. Ridley and Co. London—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Halifax, and Co. ENGINEERS—Messrs. George and Robert Stephenson, and Messrs. Grainger and Miller. AGENTS. Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and Co., and Charles Parker, Solici- tors, London. Messrs. D. Smith and G. J. Wood, W. S., Edinburgh. Messrs. Clayton and Dunn, Newcastle. Mr. C. F. Davidson, 4, 'Castle -street, Interim Secretary in Edinburgh. Mr. John Clayton, Solicitor, Interim Secretary in Newcastle. The great Railways between London, Birmingham, Man chester and Liverpool being now completes, and lines being also in progress for connecting these towns with Leeds, York, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, it has been evident for some time that Scotland could not be allowed to remain long without a direct communication with the metropolis, and all parts of England, by means of a Railway t o b e unite d with those important lines. It is the object of the promoters of the Great North British Railway to accomplish this desirable end by the formation of the projected line, the arrangements connected with which have occupied their attention for many months ; during that time they hare obtained reports from Mr. George Stephenson en the comparative eligibility of all the lines by which the connection with England might be established, and he unhesitatingly re commends the adoption of the lino by the east coast, with regard to which hi reports, " I may say that, in the whole course of my experience, I never examined a country for a line of railway of the length this will be, where the works to be executed were of a* easier description, or the levels and inclinations of a more favourable character." The result of these investigations, made by the promoters, has been the adoption of the line now proposed ; and after ma ture consideration, the Committee arc satisfied that this is the only one which can be made between England and Scotland with a dul regard to the interests of the great mass of the com munity, and to that of the Proprietors. From the quotation given from Mr. - Stephenson's report, it is evident that the works will be of easy execution, and the cost comparatively small. It is therefore proposed t• make the capital two millions sterling, while the free revenue has been estimated, after deducting 40 per cent. for annual charges, at upwards of 215,0001., thus affording a return of nearly 11 per cent. on the capital. . _ The plans of the railway are nearly ready to be deposited, and the requisite Parliamentary notices will be given this month. Copies of the Prospectus, and of the Engineer's report, con taining full information in regard to the undertaking, may be had from, and applications for shares may be made to, the Se cretaries and Agents in Edinburgh and Newcastle; Messrs. Swain, Stephens, and Co., 10, Whitehall, and 6, Frederick's place, Old Jewry ; and Mr. Charles Parker, Princes-street, Bedford-row, London, solicitors ; Mr. H. Patteson, North Midland Railway Office, 13, George-street, Mansion-house, London ; and Messrs. Robertson and Co., and It. Allan, stock brokers, Edinburgh. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, - No. l I, Lombard-street, at the Entrance of the Old Post Office London. DIRKCTOR.S. JOHN SHORE, Esq., C' ROWLAND MITCHEL W. C. Brandram, Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. William 1). Dowson, Esq. Nicholas Garry, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq John Loch, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. iairman. , Esq., Deputy Chairman. Stew„rt Marjorbanks, Esq. John Martin, liaq., M. P. Robert Mitford, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John G. Ravenshaw, Esq. A. H. Poulett Thomson, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Tulloeh, Esq. James Tulloch, Essl TORS. A UD A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. In the Life Department, a Bonus was declared in Jane, 1829, exceeding One per Cent. per Annum on the Sums in sured, on an average of the different Ages; and a second Bonus of nearly similar amount was d ec l are d in june, 1836. At each period the Bonuses allotted to the different Policies averaged rather more than 28 per Cent. on the amounts of Premiums paid thereon during the preceding seven years. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Si a,--To be an unconcerned and indifferent spectator of the effbrte now making by the industrial or working classes to invest themselves with a degree of power in the legislation of this kingdom, argue* either a supr.rticial acquaintance with the intelligence that is now to be found amongst those classes, especially In manufacturing die , tracts; or a dangerous fatuity in disregarding the evident symptoms of a strong and determined effort to rid themselves of a state of things which they consider galling an( unjust, and to establish thereon a system more consonant with the enlightened and comprehensive principles of justice and benevolence. Daily witnesses of the spirit which now pervades the lower orders of society, and the progress of political information amongst them, with the grinding oppression under which they labour, arising from partial and unjust taxation, and an exclusion from political power, it is impossible to draw any other than the conclusion that unless our professedly Liberal Go vernment, and the Legislature take up immediately the subject of a redress of grievances in a calm, unprejudiCed, and philanthropic spirit, and with a firm and determined resolution to deal out a full measure of justice to the over-burthened and distressed raillions ; the consequences may inevitably follow that with an unsparing,and per haps an indiscriminating vengeance, all that is worth preserving of our present institutions will be ruthlessly swept away, and the equality of rights now sought for in a spirit of fairness and candour be supplanted by a rigid and uncompromising democracy. Events thicken upon us, and who that has read the history, or that is personally ac. quainted with the outbreak of the first French Revolution, cannot discern the analogy in some respects In the condition and other lineaments of society in both countries prior to that disastrous pe riod, dearness of provisions preceded that eventful era, and bread was the rallying cry of the men of the Faubourg St. Antoine. Ve. rily hunger sharpeneth men's wits, and the advancing prices of every necessary of life along with the prospects of a long and dreary winter, will tell fearfully on the domestic comforts of the poor man—then will curses both loud and deep be hurled at the men who, in spite of the remonstrances of the thousands who have suffered years of privation and misery, and in opposition to the fair claims of humanity, have resisted to the utmost the repeal or modification of the infamous Corn.laws, have kept bread from the mouths of fa. mishing children, and bathed in scalding tears the eyes of wretched and distracted parents. The abrogation of those laws is now empha. tically demanded by all classes, except the class solely interested in their maintenance, on the plain and obvious principle that to tax a large majority of a nation for the benefit of a small minority, IA grievous and palpable injustice. The reasons for which those laws are continued, vie., for the benefit of the former, are found by experience to be fallacious, and the arguments used to support them by the very effects of those laws in falling to keep prices steady and remunerating furnish a conclusive and unanswerable reply—prices have fluctu ated in three years from less than 40s. to more than 80s. the quarter of wheat, or cent. per cent. Therefore, either the farmers, as the price of wheat was four years ago, were immense sufferers, or now, when prices are high, immense gainers. That they were immense sufferers when the price of wheat was low, is a truth which no one can either resist or gainsay, their capital was In danger of being entirely swallowed up in rent and tithes, and the abatements or returns made at rent audits by their landlords, put the matter beyond disputa. A period of twenty.three years has now elapsed since the bold and fraudulent experiment on the comforts, and even existence of the poor was first made by the en actment of the infamous Corn-law, and what have the farmers benefited by them, and what has the nation benefited by them effi cient for all evil purposes, and mighty only in the extent and magni tude of the miseries they occasion P Guiltless of any one redeeming quality, no iniquitous law has been in well devised as this one, to accomplish the breaking up of the social compact ; no one Act of the Legislature bears on its front such decided marks of the evil genius as this. A concentration of all that is absurd, and ruinous, all that Is grinding and oppressive, all that is galling and unjust, all that is relentless, cruel, and vindictive. Rather, what has the nation not suffered in its commerce and manufactures ? Have we not called into being in other countries, manufactures to rival our own ? Have we not compelled, by our prohibitory laws, nations, who, a few years ago, were engaged almost solely in agriculture, to import our machinery, and trepan our arti sans, In order to furnish themselves with articles which our own manufacturers could have supplied them with in abundance, instead of keeping open those markets for our rapidly increasing population, and as a sure and profitable outlet for our abundant artificial produc. tions, we have narrowest the limits of our commercial operations, and contracted the number of our most valuable customers? Notwith. standing the rapid and constant improvements in all kinds of mach!_ nery—the vast, and still accumulating mass of steam power, and the steady and unwearied industry of our workmen—notwithstand ing all those facilities, al the means and appliances which are brought to bear in the manufacture of commodities at the cheapest rate, and which are at present without equal in the world ; our labourers and artisans are, when the price of provisions is considered with We. rence to the price of provisions in other countries, the worst paid, and, consequently, the worst fed of any highly civilized community in Europe. What an untold sum of misery have these laws occasioned— what destitution, in place of comfort, have they created—what an aggregate of human wretchedness, in all its multitudinous forms— wide-spreading demoralization, want, affliction, famine, desolate hearths, enervated constitutions, pining and sickly infancy, prema ture old age, and death P This eatalogue of horrors, true to the letter, and as Incapable of dis proof as that the night follows day, is the real and Inevitable cause of the many and extensively ramified confederations which, under various guises, and in various forms are agitating the whole length and breadth of the land—despair alone Is the moving power which excites the people to an eager desire for political change. Whether such desire is manifested in favour of Universal SuflYage, Annual Parliaments, and other sweeping measures, the reasons are palpable and self-evident. " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." And truly the condition of the poor man Is as one that hopeth against hope. Confidence in the wisdom and benevolence of their natural protectors, they have none—left to the tender mercies of selfish and unfeeling Legislators, without any prospects of an improved condi. tion, they arc thrown on their own resources, and roused to *sense of their manifold wrongs; they become loud and earnest in their de mand for change, as any change, they think, cann o t b r i ng more miseries than they have long endured. I might pursue the subject further, but I am aware of the incon. venience of long letters, both on the part of the conductor of a news paper, whose columns are daily crowded with matters of deep and universal interest, and on the part of readers in general who have not leisure to wade through long disquisitions. Suffice it, there fore, for the present to say, that long periods of ex trava. gance and misrule, and consequent deep and unmitigated distress, together with the rapidly increasing information on all subjects, po litical and moral, so widely diffused amongst those classes who are suffering most, increases immeasurably the momentum of that part of our political machinery which Is sooner or later to be taken down and reconstructed. These arc times to try men's souls—let not our selfish and unfeeling landed.interest men lay the flattering unction to their souls that the present strife and agitation is only " Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Let not our Legislators disregard the daily increasing evidence of an all but unanimous deterraination to get rid of those baleful laws, which have done snore to accelerate the ruin of our commerce, an 3 to sap the foundations of our greatness and our glory, than any Act on the Statute Book. Let not the cries and prayers of the poor for cheap bread pass unheeded, nor suffer longer the abhorred stigma to remain, that,in the midst of abundance our industrious population is doomed, by laws which outrage justice and humanity, to eke out a wretched subsistence, or perish by all the uneonceived horrors of a famine artificially created.—l remain, Sir, Your's, respectfully, PRO PATRI.M. We arc requested to state that there is not a word of truth in the report that Mr. Croswell is about to relin. quiet his mat in rarliament,—Standard. ... RICHARDSON'S NEW DICTIONARY OF TAE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, Abridged, in I large volume, Bvo., 18s. cloth. This Dictionary comprises, as equally essential, the two de partments of Etymology and Explanation : the former most carefully and elaborately investigated, and the latter founded, with equal care and labour, upon such rt sults as investigation may discover. 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The wood of " the three brethren" has been carefully measured ; and the reader will perhaps look sceptical when we inform him, as we now do on the highest authority, that the main stems and mea surable branches contained 561 feet 11f cubic inches of timber. And we would here express a wish, w hi ch we trust will meet the oyo of the proprietor, that wood every way so classic should be car efull y husbanded, and set apart for particular uses—say of vertu. The m ansion -house of Blackeood may net be i n want of tables, or any other article of furniture, but additional ones should be made monumental, so to speak, of " the three brethren.. We ourselves would give its own plural of prices for as muc h of it as would make a sma ll writin g• desk or table ; and , we know many who are imbued with similar f ee li ngs . Mr. Sampson, the extensive nu rser y man, Kilmarnock who was hero the other day, mentioned that the tree in question, in place of 150, may have been five hundred, or even a thousand, years old. Planted oaks have rarely more than one stem ; but when once cut down, the stoling p rocess gives ample opportunity for choice ; and the probability is, that three shoots, unusually v i g orous, h ad been skilfully selected, and nursed into trechood, by some woodman who for ages has been gathered to his fathers. After the tree in question had been laid prostrate, a mountain ash was observed growing from it—a circumstance not unknown in natural history. The seed doubtle ss had b een deposited in some crevice by the wind or birds. We hope this nursling has been taken care of, and is destined to adorn the lawn at Black wood. —Dumfries Courier. CORN-LAWS.—It is understood that Mr. Paul ton of Manchester, who has lectured to 80,000 persons in the country, intends giving lectures:on the bnneful operation of the Corn-laws in the several metropolitan and suburban districts. It is announced that on Friday evenin,, next he will deliver his first lecture at the I'oplar Institution, Poplar. PRICE 5d .:: NATIONAL CONVENTION. ( Continued from our Paper of yesterday. ) Mr. RICHARDSON then proposed that that part of the Queen's Speech, which referred to the National Convention, and to the agitation now going on throughout the country, be read—which proposition having been seconded—the para graphs in question were read.—Mr. Richardson proceeded to remark that he had been very anxious that this portion of her Majesty's speech should be read—inasmuch, .as he thought it had particular reference to himself, and many other gentlemen in that room. lie for one had always done all he could to ef fect legally agitation—but what were they to think, when th were openly stigm a ti se d as us i ng d angerous an d ill ega l pract i se s . It was notorious, that Ireland was daily teeming with murder and insurrection, and while they, against whom not one single case of this nature could be urged, were stigmatized as common miscreants, and as such to be put down by the strong arm of the law—yet, Ireland, in the same speech, was declared to be in a peaceable and quiet state. The people of the north were more loyal, and more attached to the laws than these parties who were daily acting against the laws and against the Constitution ; but he would throw back the taunt into the teeth of those Ministers who had concocted the Speech. If Lord J. Russell were to hear rightly, he would find that the people of the North were not deaf to the voice of humanity ; and that they would never allow humanity to be sacrificed for the purpose of agitation. But they would not obey the titled mushrooms of the Bench, sprung from the bones of the work ing millions. They would not obey the dictates of the cotton law Magistrates. Sir Robert Peel had stated in his speech delivered in the House of Commons last night, that he (Richardson) had openly declared in his speech delivered in Palace-yard " that the people of the north were armed against. the law." What he said was, " that the people of the north' were armed—their rifles are hung over their mantle-pieces— they demand (for petition is of no avail) Annual Parliaments— they demand Universal Suffrage." Mr. Richardson then pro ceeded to animadvert on the conduct of Mr. G. W. Wood, the Manchester Magistrate, and said that his, and the actions of others of the same class, were to prepare the Magistrates and the Squirarchy for thesrural police. On this question of the rural police depended the success of their Charter. In con clusion, he hoped that. all now present would agree with him in the propriety of appointing a committee " to draw up an address to her Majesty, in answer to that part of her speech which was supposed to allude to the Chartists." Mr. WHITTLE • said he would second the resolution, and would give an entire negation to the parts of the Speech which made such assertions ; he had no doubt in his awn mind that the object that the Ministers had in view was the introduction of the rural police throughout the country. Lord John Russell some years ago published a trashy book which he called an Essay on the English Constitution. What did he say in that work ? " A standing army which destroyed the freedom of England would not march by beat of drum to West minster, and dismiss the Ho use o f C ommons— i t wou ld not prescribe the House of Lords, and deluge the streets of Len don with the blood of its Magistrates —it would appear in the shape of a guardian of order, and would support the authority of the two Houses of Parliament—it would be hostile to none but mobs and public meetings—it would shed the bloostof none but labourers and mechanics.'' Since he had come to town he had held a conversation with an elderly gentleman, who had stated that it was in his recollection to have seen the head of a traitor fixed on Temple Bar. Should Lord John Russell by any means prove himself a traitor his head might perhaps be fixed there also. An amendment was proposed by Mr. RUSSEY—That the adtiress should be prepared by the CoMmittee. Mr. CARPENTER. said that all the arguments which had been used by the advocates of the original resolution had not with him, or with, he hoped, the majority of the meeting, a sufficient weight to make him alter his opinion. Surely this . Convention is not to be held responsible for the acts of any single individual who may be a member of it. Surely the members of .this Convention are not to be held responsible for every word that may be uttered by those constituencies wies sent them here. They are not to be held responsible but tot the consequences of those acts which are produced in the capa city of delegates of the people. Collectively they must disclaim all responsibility with the accusation of one member. He was of opinion that this so much debated paragraph does not in the most remote way apply to the Chartists, inasmuch as all their acts have been such as not to earn the denun ciation ; but, on the contrary, it was perfectly evident that it alluded to those who were agitating for a change ofl the Poor-laws. This taking so much Notice of a subject that did not, he was firmly convinced, at all mean to allude to us, would give those persons who are eager to do so, an opportu nity of fastening it on us. Cowardly and vague as this para graph was, it will be best answered by our conduct, and by strictly adhering to this line of conduct, we will convince those who wish to suspect that it was meant for us, of the falsity of such a suspicion. lie would vote for the postponement of this ques tion. Let the meeting adopt the wisest course, by getting rid of both the resolution and the amendment. By doing so we shall attain the chief object we have in view. Mr. M'DOWZLL said, that in answer to that part of Mr. Carpenter's speech which stated that the obje ed . paragraph in the Queen's Speech was meant by the Govaninent to allude to the Poor-law agitators only,it was fully disproved by the con duct of Lord John Russell towards the meetings which were held in that pit of the country. Three or four persons at this time rose simultaneously to ad dress the Chair, and after some trouble to decide on who was in possession of the Chair, Alr. ROGERS was very glad this discussion had taken place, for it gives us an opportunity of coming to a decision on ques tions of this nature. Our duty to our constituents is to do the utmost towards attaining the object for which we were deputed, and thereby gain the sympathies of the people. A DELEGATE said that the enemies of the people were leaving no stone unturned to annoy them in the progress of obtaining the people's rights. When they had failed on the Corn-law question they sought by this course to accomplish their design. Mr. IlicwAnnsow, in reply, said that he would not take up the time of the meeting by going over all the arguments ad duced by those who were opposed to the original resolution, but could not refrain from taking notice of the very warm manner in which some of the gentlemen had spo'Aen. Mr. HAIILEY said he had no intention whatever to be per. sonal, and begged that Mr. Richardson would not for ono instant think him capable of being so. Was it not almost too much to strive to induce us to believe that it was the Poor-law meetings that were alluded to, when we must recollect that not o ne o f th ose meet i ngs were held by torchlight? Indeed, if he followed Mr. Carpenter through all his arguments, he would inevitably tire the patience of the meeting. He hoped the Chairman would do his duty fear lessly, and that the question would be disposed of in that manner which will best conduce to our success. The amendment of Mr. Bussey, referring the consideration of the address to the Committee, was carried. Mr. COLLINS requested that those gentlemen who were about writing to their constituents for the purpose of expe diting the receipt of petitions, should direct their correspondents to have them directed to him, to that house. It «•as then proposed that this meeting, at its rising, should DISSOLVE.—Carried accordingly. CHURCH-RATE SOCIETY. ABOLITION TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—We have read in your Journal of the 2d inst. a letter from Mr. John Childs of Bungay, which contains serious charges, director by implication, against the Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society. For some time past the proceedings of that Committee have occa. sionally been the subject of animadversion by anonymous correspon. dents. Those attacks were treated with neglect simply because they were anonymous j and it was thought advisahlt to defer any vindi cation of the proceedings of the Committee until they were Impugned by a tangible assailant. Mr. Childs has now put forth his charges and insinuations under the sanction of his name. _ _ The charges made by Mr. Childs relate to the general conduct of the Committee in the performance of the duties with which they were entrusted—his insinuations refer to the finances of the Society. As we reply to Mr. Childs' ►etter in the character of Auditors of the accounts, :we shall abstain from any lengthened vindication a the general policy of the Committee ; of that, the country at large are competent to form a judgment from observation of the course they have pursued, and of its results. But there are ope or' two points upon this subject in Mr. Childs' letter to which we will briefly advert. Mr. Childs is in error when he states that the Committee " pro. in,ulgated" the following paragraph, " that the Church-rate Abolition Society had had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was satisfactory." The Committee did not "promulgate" any paragraph of the kind. Mr. Childs probably refers to an article which appeared in a London Newspaper, a part only of which he has thought proper to extract. That article described the assurances given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as " satisfactory so far as they go " and the drift of it was to urge the opponents of Church rates to vigorous resistance to the imposition, and the continu. anco of the burden. We suppose the Committee will not accept Mr. Childs' challenge, when he asks " what was stated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and what did he say ?" They have published the substance of the conversation that passed ; and we believe they arc not prepared to violate those rules of de corum by which all preceding Deputations to Government from bodies of all kinds have considered themselves bound. Mr. Childs severely censures the Committee for their acquiesence in the proposition for the appointment of a Select Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the system of managing Church Property. But we do not remember that he objected to their ac quiescence " at the time it was given ;" land as Mr. Childs, so recently as last May, attended the public meeting of the Society, and sc. conded one of the resolutions proposed at that meeting, without, in any way, intimating his dissatisfaction with any of the proceedings of the Committee, we incline to hope that he may, upon reflection, be induced to abandon his newly formed opinion. Mr. Childs complains of the inertness of the Committee, in which complaint he betrays entire ignorance of the operations of that Committee. It will be their duty at the next public meeting of the Society to submit a statement of their proceedings since the last meeting, but until then we think it probable the Committee will prefer that Mr. Childs' lack of information should continue rather than that the cause they arc endeavouring to advance should be in. jured by a premature publication of their operations. The insinuations of Mr. Childs refer to the finances of the So. ciety. We are justified by the language that gentleman employs in giving this designation to his statements and inquiries. No one could read his letter without receiving the painful impression that it was designed to raise a doubt, at the least, respecting the honest appropriation of the money with which the Committee have been entrusted. Surely, as Mr. Childs is himself a member of the Society, whose Committee he arraigns, It would have been more Christianlike, and snore just, if he had sought from that Committee the satisfaction he required, before he availed himself of the Press for the dissemination of his suspicions. Besides, Mr. Childs was present at the meeting in May last, when it was stated in the Report then read, " that a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Society, might be seen at the Society's office, by any subscriber." Mr. Childs saw this in print afterwards, and he might have seen it in your paper, and in many other papers, three several times, appended to resolutions passed by the Committee. He did not choose to avail himself of the opportunity of investigation that was afforded, but has preferred to throw out unworthy, un founded, and injurious suspicions. Mr. Childs knows, as well as any other man, who has been con nected with societies similar to the Church-rate Abolition Society, that the publication of what he teems a detailed statement of the re. ccipts and expenditure of the Church-rate Abolition Society, during the continuance of the struggle, would, on many accounts, be hurtful to the cause. Of this fact he cannot be ignorant ; and yet he calls for such a publication, and endeavours to induce others to join him in the demand. Sir, we have examined the accounts of the Society, and we express our entire satisfaction with them, and our deep regret at the course Sir. Childs has thought proper to pursue. The total amount received from 13th September, 1836, to Ist January, 1839 £1,355 13 2 The total amount paid during the same period 1,348 9 4* Leaving a balance in the Treasurer's hands on Ist January, 1839, We believe that all persons who ere acquainted with the expensq ' Of This sum, n,_ salaries of any description. THE IMPORTANT DUTIES COI_ PREHENDED UNDER THE TITLE JOURNAL I . a o l f l y dailyadopted p u bl i cation; newspapers,' a (From the Carlisle Journal.) Tut FAITHFUL JOURNAL THR TRUE PATRIOT. COM- Vapor:: snore enlightened view of the nature and design ofisuch periodica Is, justifies, was T h o ct rig d i es na il l e y at c io o n nti J n o ed ure t e o l, as in the arts and sciences, the extension oftbe name tocvery periodical which records ally occurrences and enterprises wherein the mass , of any considerable sections of society, are concerned. At times like the present, when human ingenuityand benevolence are active in devising feasible objects for bettering the•condition of mankind, it i s more particularly incumbent on such a',Journalist, as we regard th liP os c : ourselves,—Journalists in reality as;well as in name, to turn °cc, sionally from the political contests in which we may be en gaged, to point out to our countrymen, of all ranks and all pa r ti es, every system that, contemplating' general amelioration, founds its calculation upon a sound and stable base. To any teas of mon sense, who will also exercise discreet observation, it mu s t be obvious that, as the wealth of a nation, as well as its mere sub sistence, generally depends on production and the proper ma_ nagement and exchange of produce, over and above' what is a t , . Wally consumed for support and comfort ; so whoever wo u ld lay up a store (that is provide wealth) against - `unforeseen or future exigence, when he may become incapable—from temporary or permanent causes—of producing syfficient for his own supporr and those dependent on him, must, in the.season of his strength or prosperity, cultivate to the utmost and husband all his spare re sources. To enable him to do this, without diverting him from the work of producing, ho must have factors of those resources, who most receive a fair proportion of the benefits secured by their skil ful management, unles s they should suffer their own interests to fall into decay, and thereby become, instead of useful, burden. some to society. Principles such as these it becomes the conduc tors of Journals deserving the appellation, to entertain and promul gate, as far as in their power, calling the attention of enlightened and influential men of all parties to them, and urging them to co- operate in promoting every rational plan for putting them in action. The Journalist who so performs his part, whatever may be 'his po. litical predilections, goes far to prove himself an 'enlightened'and honest man; whilst enlightened and honest men of:all parties wilt not fall to respond to his call in this respect. 'a man, whether writer or reader, deserves to be regarded, and in the end v.. 111 be ac.. knowledged to have been, a true patriot._ It was reflections of thclforegoing "cast which led us, in our • last Number, to notice the plans of Society that, we Conceive, has carried out to an.unpreeedented extent the principles we advocate. The benefits con ferred a by Life Assurance Companies on thousands be longing to the higher classes, have been fully acknowiedgeft_in their cncreasing popularity and . multiplication, since the first introduction of the prinoipie into England by the Lombards. Yet, to comparatively few of the community at large have these benefits been available, owing (as'we then showed) to a restriction in the constitutions of those Societies which forbad any prudent man, not possaused of :t certain regular incur the risk of losing all that he might have paid for years from casual inability to effect one subsequent dis.. bursement. Hence the great bulk of society, depending on precarious resources for their very subsistence, were net in a condition to avail themselves of the plan, although the am ount of; cultiv a ble means ',assessed by the parties thus excluded, infinitely aurpasses the agare gate meats of the individually wealthier portions of the community. The capabilities of the humbler classes have, moreover, this advan tage, that being primarily productive, their tendency to in crease is augmented in proportion as they arc fostered and secured by judicious methods of development and ap plication ; while they attach to themselves, under, such bene ficent management, all the benefits resulting to the higher grades from the use of the Assurance principle. With this view of the subject, it, is therefore truly surprising that speculators rti so promising a field of enterprise did not soonereomprehend the vast range of capabilities which lay open before them, but left to a So_ tiety, sprung up in 1838, to have at once the felicity and merit of devising a general plan for working out the principle, no longer: among thousands, but millions of ,their fellow -subjects. Our readers are aware we have been speaking of the " National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society," the prospectuses•oe wel c h v i e had carefully examined, 'before we invited, in our .Thurnailasa wea k ., attention to the subject of them. An agent from the Parent Board, in London, after forming influential. Local• Beards in other places, is now • occupied with that ..care for Carlisle and tae sur rounding district. Knowing that this gentleman has circulated those publications very extensively in the neighbourhood, we preferto exhort our readers to peruse them carefully, rather than at tempt, at present, any imperfect illustration of our own, of,the, ad mirable adaptation of the system to the various conditions, a ants, argil capabilities ortlie•population., For this reason we adverted, era the former occasion, to the table at page six of the Prospectus on Endowments, as illustrativemf one .of theaSeelety's . operations, by which. the poorest industrious man may laraeli end yermanentay benefit himself and his family. classes (we mean the For the natural protectors of the working great manufacturing employers and larscled proprietors) who should understand mad regard their common interest with the people eta every measure that tends to facilitate the latter's meau4of producing and saving, we need but recommend to them the atteiativeaterusai of the 'publications aforesaid. And if any thing more s be wanting to insure their approbation and protection of the cause in Carlisle, where (be it well "marked and considerately digested") there is a 'as yet, no head office ofany Assurance Company, en.aceoutt of,tha great lack of intelligence in these parts on the suaaect—if anything snore, we say, be wanting to'stimulate the parties to whom we, have austfal luded,to•corne forward at once for the eatabliehment of ti Carlisle Lraisch of this excellent Society, we think that .. .something more may be readily • apprehended by those persons who understand the efficacy of hopeful motives in deterniining people to such an habitual application of their ■ abilitaes and means, as necessarily associates public tranquillity with! their meet natural 4elf.interested endeavours. Meanwhile, •we should boa very partially intimate the claims of the Society to their approbation and protection, did we omit to notice that equliable re muneration is provided in the plan of Local Boards for all wile are officially connected 'with their operations. To the Directors of our Sayings' Bank, we would now addrese ourselves :—You, whoseierviceia gratuitously rendered for the,,sake of industrious thrifters,cannot but desire additional stimulus to be given to habits of economy. Therefore, when once you become ac, qualnied with the active machinery employed by this Association for that purpose, you will promptly hail its; introduction into Ibis part of the country. The necessary connections which the Saciute has, by interest and its 'nodes operandi, with the practice of (tere. siting in our great National Institutions for -sSe industrious. - and saving poor, will soon convince you; by tile increase of .po2its w . . you, how much the " National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society" contributes to souse attention to the direct benetUs conferred by Savings' Banks, whilst it aids them in carrying out the principle of economy and fructification to the fullest practicable:extent, in favour of these classes.—Wo doubt not, therefore, that' So. soon as th e us . tem is thoroughly understood, the Directors, of the Carlisle 'Say joie Bank will follow the,eiample of such Directors 'elsewhere, in .d v , eating and cooperating in the formation of a Local Board fur Car. Isle, of the Society above tAntioned. • ILLUSTRATIONS OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES (From the Ohio Stat,-swan.) " A resolution, proposed by Mr. Bcatt3 / of this county; has passed the senate of Kentucky, providing for the ail_ pointment of two Commissioners by joint ballot of thc Legislature, to proceed to Columbus, Ohio and urge upon the Legislature of that State, the propriety of 'ad o pt_ ing some law to restrain its citizen; from inteVering the relations of master and slave in the State of K en _ tucky. The resolution refers to an ob,ject of 'vast import ance to the cirizens of Kentucky, and we trust no obstacle will ba thrown in the way of its adoption by the L wer House. The present is a most appropriate time faT our Legislature to take a stand upon the subject,—.The 4 ve _ lopements in the case of Mahan, have .shown conclu s i ve l y , ' that the interference of the abolitionists of Ohio, with till. slaves of this State is carritd to an alarming extent, an d lest they should become emboldened by his acquittal, the State of Ohio owe! it to Kentucky to adopt some speedy restrictive measures. We have no doubt her sense of jus tice will prompt liar to grant all that in reason our Legi3- lature can ask." _ Mr. Mahan alluded to in the above paragraph was no other than a pious clergyman, whose crime consisted iu occasionally preaching against the evils of slavery. w a copy from the Philanthropist, as illust ra ti ve o f the horrors of that execrable sx,stem, the mode of his punishment : ILLUSTRATION I. °' An old resident of Ohio, a usef u l citizen, a bo forced for e minister of the Gospel, on fal se pretences, isfaithfuld within the jurisdiction of Kentucky, an d arra i gned one of her tribunals for acts done in his own State. He is put in irons, d e p r i ve d o f hi s lib er t y f or months, and at last acquitted, because the Court finds mit that the laws of Kentucky are really binding only on her own eqf.. tens 1 Meantime, Counsel has been procured, and this infamous prosecution costs him and his friends twelve hundred dollars. But when acquitted, is he sent home? No a civil suit 1a entered, he is arrested and can only return home by giving bail. Counsel must still be retained ;he must again appear before Court that has no right to try the case ; and the likelihood is that, on the testimony of a witness, who proved himself on' the criminal prosecution utterly unworthy of credit, b e will be amerced in severe damages. flow many of our editors have noticed this case with the reprobation I% merits? Not so maw as have published the foolish story about abolitionists concerting with slaves in Kentucky ways and means for their escape. In the name of Heavens, is this abominable system of slavery for ever to overturn A l i our notions of truth and justice ? Better, far better we re it, that all the slaves in Kentucky should escape to.. n com.. _Mahan, have bee morrow, than that such a flagrant invasion of state- sove _ reignty and the rights of a freeman should What mitted, as was committed in t he case of more shall we say ?" ILLVITTRATION IT. " Eliza Jane Johnson, a little better than year age, was kidnapped from this State by citizens of Kentucky, nod e claimed also slave. Her case vs tried before the Court for Mason county, but the claimant failed to establish his claim. What did our sister State now do ? Ono of belt citizens had stolen a free womal of Ohio, had committed felony under our laws, and failed after all in prelim-, bb her to be his slave. Was the woman compensated wrong done her? No! she was thrown into jail, t i e d sem, tented there to remain for six months; and if during t h a t time, no claimant appeared, the order was, that a h - ,, should be sold ! We all know the result of the ease, c hi ; legislature acted with spirit in matter, the Governor w 45 directed to demand her delivery, the woman was given ~ —but no satisfaction was eve' made to her for the dam a g e, she had suffered !" ILLUSTRATION 111 " But a few days since,a --- coieured man by the name 4 Alexander Johnson, who has been known 'here for seven or eight years, was entrapped by emissaries from Kentucky, and without being taken before a Mag istrate as prescribed by law, secretly kidnapped and carried into that s tat ,. So far no notice has been taken of the fact in the public papers. And yet this is a hard case. A wife and s evere children, dependant on him for support and protection, at . ( , left behind to mourn, whose labours hereafter must mini."'' -ter to the ease and lu xur y of some p am p ered, a variciou s - slave-trader. The particulars of this case we shall nex t week. We vouch for their truth." 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