The Sun. — London, England, 1839-02-14 00:00:00

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E aeh b e tifCC" a nd an that the e to the fore Igf. per sons re o'l/ unhaPPl c of the Lost bor• s ed,W TOWS n e chil d ' ey of ten , L o ve. at eigh t He di d I didn °l e a t° Sr°, I that if Id be in .Ith° ° hot's' se after ; ,bout risnes sl thr°4t. ques Sion' ELECTION OF CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX. the nomination of candidates for the office of Coroner of the County of Middlesex took place this morning, recording to an an. elent custom, at Clerkenwell-green, and attracted an immense crowd "Persons ; the great majority of those present appeared to be the friends of Mr. Wakley, and the usual good-humoured jokes and Jibes were bandied about among the crowd and the leading person. ages On the hustings, which were erected in front of Hicks's Hall. fihrough the kindness of Mr. Wakley, who handed the reporters t" th e Public press some of the tickets which had been given him for distribution to the members of his committtee, we obtained access to the hustings, the official personages at the entrance hav ing refused us admission. At nine o'clock Mr. Sheriff WOOD having read the precept, and call ed Upon th e meeting to give a fair and impartial hearing to all the gentlemen who intended to address them, SirJoux SCOTT 'Awn came forward to propose Mr. Wakley.— hee tk) The qualifications of that g e ntl eman were we ll k nown to "' e n , . He had undergone the ordeal of several elections, and had been at different times returned to represent the borough in which dhe now stood in the Commons' House of Parliament. His cot, uct, as th e E ditor of an eminent medical publication, was known to . He had been indefatigable in his exertions to expose the abuses existing in the Hospitals throughout the kingdom. He had on ail °cessions thrown open the pages of his work to the commurica ti°ns of all parties without reference to their politics, party, or Profession.— (Hear, hear ) He trusted that the electors of Middlesex would lay aside all political and party feeling, On thepresent occasion,ane• neither allow pocket nor political induce teems to influence them in their votes.—(Loud cheers.) Ile (Sir J • S . Lillie) had intended to vote for a gentleman supposed to be of diff er ent political opinions from Mr. W a k e ly—(H ear, h ear ) —an d if that gentlem an h a d come forward, he certainly should have sup_ Ported him ; but as lie had retired front the contest, he felt very Ing'cesaitisPlienashtis poreist:erpronmting the return of Mr. W a kl e y, b y every (Loud cheers.) That Mr. Wakley had enc.. ~Imes, he w ou l d not deny, but it was impossible for him to have to have undertaken to c!eanse the sewers—the masses of corruption which he had brought to light, without having made some personal f en .., e r n ' iler .—(Hear, h ear .) I nstea d of that circumstance operating —Ws di sadvantage, he thought it would be an editional recom- Wlerid a tion to the vo t es o f t h e electors of Middlesex —(Hear.) He 13 ' " t ild not t respass further upon their time, as it was limit e d, ut would at once propose Mr. Wakley, the Member for Finsbury, . n fit and proper p erson t o b e C oroner for Middlesex.—(Much 4theerig,) Mr. Iticuano TaTtOtt seconded the nomination of Mr. Wakley , Wit h very great pleasure, as his character and talents, which cwt_ i t ' s eh h tly qualdied him for the situation, were well known to bins. ten; tio :Y . all knew what responsible duties were attached to the sittia. , and they were well aware that by privileges conferred upon and i n '" "Y the Constitution the right was vested in the people of elect i-lf the Coroner. (Hear, and cheers.) They were aware of the inde i,rWenee, activity, and intelligence of Mr. Wakley, and he felt great i ttsure in seconding the nomination.—(Loud cheers.) eei..a4. Ohivmt came forw ar d t o propose Mr. Alley, and was re_ a e d with m i n n " led cheers and di sa pp ro b a ti on. H e was happy to 4 ( hens all in shch good humour, and he assured them he would :4si l t 'Y "th ing calculated to put them out lif temper, and therefore he ed they would give Lim as patient and kind a hearing as they h ad giver. the gentlemen who preceded him.--(Hear, he :r.) Ile i".a.l.7the honour of proposing to them Mr. Arley.—(No, no ; cries of ot.'tle Won't have him.") He was not there to canvass the opinions `le tneetin. • t and respectable as it was, and therefore he ,litt they '' g r " us " would allow him' to put his friend Mr. Adcy (Aic nornin ation.—(Hear, hear, hear, and much confusion.) He lte..°liver) happened to be one of the same profession as Ade ) , oto tt _ , and he felt satisfied that a gentleman exercising the severe J udi ', of the legal profession, and who had some experience of the a,,,,Pal °Mee, was better qualified, by his knowledge of the value of ( gear ice' to discharge the duties of Coroner than any other.— ski J.' " ea r.) It was unnecessary for him to offer any arguments to tri' them upon that point, but he felt a thorough conviction that PeZ be r of the legal profession —one who had some practical ex alt — nee in dissecting, selecting, and comparing the testimony of ofe nen es, arid which was one of the most important functions in the kt re of Coroner, could be better discharged by his friend Mr. no ieY, that' the other candidate,—(Loud cries of " No, no, he '),„, The office was one of very great importance, and if t,,"as not aware that his friend Mr. Adey would fill it ~_ • conscientiously, and to the best of his ability, he should 11 - ';: i. have ventured to propose him. He believed in his s atioc t and conscience that Mr. Adey would discharge it to the liartaetion of all parti es. Th e present, he trusted, would be no 04'rti eontest.—(Cheers.) Of the two candidates, one mus t b e %l e r and lie would obt a i n th e v i ctory who who was most accept. l a bo th the great bulk of the electors. There was a fair field open neo n t h e a nd the e l ec t ors would have an opportunity of deciding th e ,' . " the relat ive qualifications of th e t wo can did ates. Il e trusted k oc i . r choice would fall upon his friend Mr. Adey, who was well ltiod w i n to all of them, although he did not possess the very great oh i , le al experience and ability of Mr. Wakley, which he (Mr. Iffy er) Was quite ready to bear testimony to.—(Much cheering.) aoct iAdey, if elected, would discharge his firmly, impartially, be te!deltendently ; and he hoped, on the e d geounds, that he would 1".1i41,,an of their choice.—(Cheers, and cries of " No.") tw,,,,,_'*unE, in seconding the nomination of Mr. Adey, said he had ca_three years ago offered himself as a candidate for the office of aoti.ner „„., " ( Laughter.) He said the question was between a legal losat-71eal c andidate.—(Hear, hear.) The freeholders did not (I. ti p , P ,',"e—ancl as for the " Lancet," they had enough of it.— (11:„'"`er) Throw physic to the dogs, we'll have none of it."— h "Nei; asaj a ' aughter ) The present contest would be celebrated as Giot e g li ta ken Place on Valentine's day.—(Roars of laughter.) Mr. N et , ad a stick in his hand which he continued Co shake .nost en araLcallY---and which, added to a pair of large spectacles, gave him t4i grotesque appearance, and produced roars of laughter. Mr. as editor had already become Member for Finsbury and he 10' editor of the " Lancet," so he had enough to -tor he Ought ' • e 0 ... .to retire from the contest and give the electors no (A rr. _I his twa ddle. — (Laughter.) Then as to the Poor-law— akr_Uldude .here became so violent in his gesticulations with the s lai Zi stick that one of the Under Sheriffs took it from him p ao " ti roars of laughter)—Mr. Wakley was a supporter of the new ski,,: l aW. (Mr. Wakley, who was standing next Mr. Gude, here k r ' With great vehemence, " You are stating a wilful falsehood." ,j 3 ll e sat down amid s t un i versal jeering and laughing. ao_nle SuERIFF (Wood) ha v i ng i nquired if any freeholder had toner candidate to p ropose, and no answer being given, proceeded tittake, the show of hands--the result being al most unanimou s ly i n k r IN akley's favour; there was, in fact, only one hand held up for i Adey. the-etr: WAILLE T then came forward, and was received with loud Ws. r ' n k g. He turned round, and called for Mr. Gude. The cry tleraZieed by the crowd, but no answer was returned, and consi. Ilte i,e.laughter ensued. Mr. Wakley commenced by saying t— o•eloovi_il Will begin, according to the enactments of the law, at ten to no u' so that I have not much time to address you. I will speak loaalt, however, at greater length in the evening. I trust that so di sta nt/ Unijtes Will be recorded in my favour, and in so short a time, ePOnent, by continuing in the field, will excite against him eitodid:trsal feeling of indignation. (A man coming forwardasa r etir ed e for a Popular office would, if he had any delicacy, have . (I'4l di ° m the contest, after he had witnessed the unequi -411h1)147 ofpopular feeling in his (Mr. Wakley's) favour.— Radar, --ea r.) 11fr Adey's personal friends knew that he til ed -4.er'niPetent a ' s a mere legal personage, to perform b Y si4t'es "Corot; ' D'd Mr Adey expect to carry the election a c . rop ty _ n er : i . al was ato an °Unclog from Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, that i,, ati fro,„., Yer—(Hear and laughter)—wby a certain old gentle . _ ''• the -•• the lower regions, when he visits earth generally does so . k t u ta - r i' g c n ,... ise . of a . lawyer—(Hear, and laughter)—and Mr. Adey's me,,.. --4 . Ad '..duct in this contest tends to confirm the suspicion ; to eY's object in continuing the contest can only be to put the But in that object Mr. Adey will be defeated ; :lAeato. genercus exertions of the freeholders of Middlesex. — ti t , ) 1 , . I ana not here to complain of political opposition—it is ques tion—(Hear)—and I here publicly express my 4 hi„ Persons connected with allpolitical parties for the manner %It h `" they have supported me in the contest.—Cheers.) I will 4 f r , liV e-ge 14 r. Adey toll C tervative for Conservative, as well 34, 4 01 ai f ,% Whig, or P° Rad ° ic i a l l for Radical.—(Cheers.) Why, a 17 11e,h oudi e has canvassed on my behalf among the lawyers of a k r It Inga----(A laugh) —and among 32, 19 were for me, and -at e , i la a ii4 , lat - *' l, sn ` 7.— (Cbeers.) It is a mistake to suppose that Mr. t1t 5....., (4 - I ) Pert e d h y the lawyers, and that he will find perhaps too as 44 the :,!'lto_questin is not, as Mr. Adey says, be t' "ler and a doctor. Of I, ' law ti (b ille di _. Yer of Stone-buildings, and Mr. Baby, the jalap-seller, 1 " ish et ` L I' Place in the city—(Laughter and hear.) The ques °lt for W een two men —one of whom has, I trust, been known to Sherot realt of mho? Years past by his public services—(Cheers)—and the pekeotia n , it entirely unknown to you—except for one species es • °e t : the m an who co lt the bus i ness an . asks your suffrages as " a lawyer," ftatichtl. M Y and see tool' his life to . into the registration courts of Vrh a - c 15e,...._("„ deprive In g s o fellow.citizens of the elective th, ntht ar, hear .) If there be a man in the whole county bps_ of shrink from soliciting an exercise of the suffrage on ben lON or his Com,. , ~ — "rYlneh, it is the man who makes it the trade and ving the life to go into the registration courts for the purpose of sail blo,4;PeoPleof their rights.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, he must . of a , ttl ider s ' rnan who dares come before you on such an occasion, ttl"Nrsne-4th Circ umstances. He must have the largest quantity . I'i t 't You „,.c„eliPled with the smallest quantify of mind,—(Cheers.) Dot ' othet. dal hear hear from him what his claims are to your support. ali4tr‘rnei said Y o„gentleman from Chelsea, who came forward to sup_ dacere at I ,' , I know Mr. Wakley, his political principles and . ieest. 04 ~NOCe ; I don't know Mr. Adey, but I do know this, lltster btea'ceaSion, although I am a lory, he struck me off the lot e 'et a.) it' l " I had removed from one house to another. — a t 4in dey hasbeen in the habit continually of striking off' th i thine . . 40 t1 a I residentlStratton courts, on the ground of the party remov lo,tot pie th e, as if the vote was in the mere bricks and mortar, I h a' deed t o er aniUM of the man.—(Laughter.) He is a fine fel itice not c decide questions of the cause of death.— (Laughte-. ) tit at ntte th °ill * here upon political grounds ; lam here because . a il ta er Wiet,, of the freeholders of the county of Middlesex have 5011- % 4 , 1 1 :1AN i - o c !'n e forward. The freeholders of Middlesex state that I am it ti ntio e but'charge the office of Coroner, but Mr. Adey is of opinion Ce„' Pleases l awYers will do. Now I will take him on that ground h a : ii of .;. 4 : Has he ever defended himself in any of the superior I t star Law ? He has not ; but I have, and I have succeeded hi : A tic r all the big wigs in Westminster Hall.—(Cheers.) But i 'ki t e is a lawyer ; no doubt he is, but I very much fear that th ita." 4 Stu ffed with th ingnoth but dried parchment.—(Laughter.) 'el) t' f rom the course has adopted at this contest, that tt is tlitseati'kelY that it will be found to be the case when he comes . to be 'n(etrieo";--f(,.ot.itin laughter.) As to Old Gude he is just as bad. b_ tt t o tei , a great deal worse.") That old mats had the impu ii-i7is h e o __l_ you that I was an advocate for the Poor-law Bill. j et k„ . 7 w t killoar that I opposed it at every stage.—(Cheers.) Does dsat.o,"„na that if there sn man more hostile than another to that rio t I t 11l that man ?— (Cheers,) Does he not know that in the last ills i *--- (Ch '" ,,!_ nd ed a motion for the unconditional repeal of that r aol n th e .::'.) And yet that man, for the purpose of prejudicing b at i gbit y to ' of the peol supports Middlesex, has had the audacity and th e electioil'tate that I d the measure.—(Cheers.) At the IN Dolt,'es he had the impudence to bet me 50/. with respect to I Nih, it thand When he found he had lost lie declared that I had 4:04: bk: ,bcaortie.--s ( Laughter.) What did he do to him occasion ? hay, 11, -,/ ?ght the interest of one candidate and sold it to ~ hair " I bef e f " Shame.") Now, with respect to myself, I }met" e been e re the public for some years, and wherever te t ton'''. whatever office I have filled, 1 have ei• out sight of h papered beie, t e political principles with which to ' a nd I have never swerved from that which I to _iloa,, ) .lY dirty to perform.—(Cheers, and cries of " You li o l . , Whi c h ~4 e, ..e office of Coroner belongs to you, and its for you la , e 'ledg e ef ' t 7 Will h. , have, a man who professes to have only . a 410: I as s oul : 'aw, or one who has some knowledge of medicine k h rt e 3 , r e stipp m k „" w iedge of law.—(Cheers.) The lawyers them. lir a, • hie, 4 , 1 ; 4 ig Me in this contest, and it is a deception en the ia e (Ch eero , Y to Make you believe that the lawyers are with i:, nth only the 0 a . j,,, ,:rahre.Attorney and Solicitor Generals are on my 'hid Me ' . rister who has written on the law of Coroner b at t wol l i d ea?. Jervi s , th e ill arrive here to support my election. I t o llt s ot :: ' eanbee:h 3 r i n Honourable g to b Member ecorde fo d r Chester. s ay ~_ -4 previous e n !lot 40 14 0 he I, au ) gagement It is nonsense for Mr. Adey 1 11 07 Stui tined i is by ail the lawyers. The lawyers are 040 1 "I not ' " are not so d ••d of common .ense. I 4 5t tsh advertise themselves as such asses— (Laught ' er)--- * ill h°41 ',.)1 4 - "e Y fulfils his Pledge, and keeps the poll open to the t heth 'u PPor e I 'l lll find his mist k in imagining a . e t h -41 'es ta idn•---( Cheers ) Na hy nine out of ten of the lawyers eiltittly_e_ocr actoa.no..wledge that a medical man is best fitted to fill (oplaw,:te o:,.._.Ntri.:nae.r,ibanngddrenoao.ftt a mere legal one. Now contrast the t hat . er ; he _tile With that of Mr. Borchelt. Mr. Borchelt is t,. 4l b):"'" recei v _,. his profession as any one. He says ) :vra i ., t, ---- hlit h e w e a l s eb. e Will „ an d Mr. Ade support, and therefore he retired— anixiou.3 that another attorney should come .. h et _ !k e rau ,,,_ Y ell into the trap. We have got him. ram 't ing at ,...'e e t . blal ; and he will form a most interesting _:aam te. ',.?' Mr. Borchelt retired in a manly, straightfor a, O su e , ‘ Ile had acted throu •tuait with perfect good feeling, t hat sit m at 7 he f ound he had no chal'nce, hash retired from the conte.r. I ha, gnaht a nd • sto te t n pure,. wicked report been put into circulation t a i 'itl f u4se M 13 ' h als e h r. ur.hell out of the field. This is a -or . ( sod. s k ta did i , • Ir. Burr:bell never received any gift from It's e 'er Make j.,- a nm, t, __ ca. Ms the promise of any gift or advan sr s, foul, and malignant calumny,—(Cheers.) „___ I can now merely refer to the duties of the Coroner: If Mr. Arley fulflls his pledge of keeping open the poll to the last itlo.; nicht, I shall have a good deal to say upon the subject. Every day I shall dissect him—(Laughter)—every day he will be exhi. bited a most interesting object of vivisection.—(Laughter.) Ile may perhaps writhe and twist under the operation before it is over ; but it is his own fault; he should not have canvassed to become a subject—(Laughter)—.but since he has chosen to do so, he must take the consegences —(Great laughter.) In order to prove to you the necessity there's that the office of Coroner should be fillet by a medical loan, I will relate to you a case which oc curred in a neighbouring county. Two brothers lived in the same house, by the side of the Thames. One of these brothers, who was a maniac, suddenly disappeared. Suspicion attached to the other brother that he was the murderer. As years elapsed, still the suspi cion adhered to Mtn, producing the utmost misery in the family. At length repairs were made in the house, and at the foundation of it a skeleton was discover, d. The suspicion was revived. An inquest was held on the skeleton by an Attorney Coroner, and a jury, as well acquainted with skeletons as he was. All these persons concerned in snaking this medical inquiry understood nothing of the subject. The Jury were equally ignorant with the Coroner ; that Coroner was an at , torney, who was necessarily incapable of eliciting truth from a medical witness, except by mere chance. They hail made up their minds, and were on the point of returning a verdict of Wilful Murder against the brother, when, fortanatcly a surgeon happened to come in and ex. claimed " stop, stop, you arc about to commit some horrible mis. take," and he hail discovered that the skeleton on which the non medical coroner, and the non medical jury, were holding their in. quest, were the bones, not of a male but of a female. But the ad vocates of the Attorney Coroner say, that the trial before the Co. rener is only preliminary, that there is another court in which an opportunity will be aftorded to the accused of calling professional testimony—but, Gentlemen, when once the Coroners' Jury have recorded their verdict, the skeleton is buried—it is no longer in the Court, to speak silently but most eloquently to all those who un derstand anatomy. The skeleton is buried—the evidence is inhumed. Now I say, with men of humane minds, men who love charity and justice, one such fact as that, if there were not another, ought to determine their choice. I believe it will be admitted that I know as much of law as Mr. Arley, and if that be so, I think I know some thing more of physic than he does.—(Laughter and cheers.) If Mr. Arley had been the Coroner on that occa ion, he would r of have known whether they were the bones of a female or a rhinoceros.— (Roars of laughter.) How should he know it when he never made the subject his study as I have. I believe you all recollect the occasion of the last election, when one gentleman told you that an Attorney Coroner did not know a dead man from a living one. It was well known that after the inquest had been held, the dead man got up and laughed at the Coroner.—(Cheers and laughter.) You all recollect the case of Catharine Moody in the Lendon Hospital, upon whom no less than three inquests had been held by a Coroner.—(A voice in the crowd, " That was Mr. Unwin.") Yes, Mr. Unwin was the Coroner; Mr. Fuller, a surgeon, in the London-road, was examined on that occasion.— (The same voice—" I was the principal witness")—and I am told the prin. cipal witness is here before me. In the Arst instance, a verdict of • Accidental Death was brought in —(A laugh)—and in the second it was a verdict of Natural Death ; and after they had left the room they were requested to return, and found • METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. The Times of this morning has a leading article on the subket of the conversation which took place last Thursday in the House of Lords, respecting naval education, and observes, " the question was, whether Lord illinto had been right or wrong in his suppres,ion of the Naval Col loge, and of the School of Naval Architecture." To his Lordship's suppression of the former institution, our Con temporary expresses himself favourable, remarking, " from all we have heard, our inclination is to agree with the First Lord of the Admiralty in his general preference of educa tion afloat, where the.iry and practice can be associated, to ' instruction administered on dry land. As regards the School of Naval Architecture, the Times states " Lord Minto had no defence to offer, as it would seem, for breaking up that school, but that the system of instruction began at the wrong end. Then what ought to have been done by the Board of Admiralty, taking for granted that such was the only objection? Why, unquestionably not abolish the Institu tion, but simply to meet the objection made to it, by taking care that henceforth the system of instruction should begin at the right end, instead of the wrong." The Morning Chronicle discusses, what it justly calls, " the difficult and delicate topic of National Education," and says that it was broached by Lord John Russell on Tuesday night in the House of Commons, "in a manner at once the most conciliatoq in spirit, and the most use ful in tendency." Alluding to the opposition of Toryism to all liberal schemes of education, our Contemporary adds, " a system of national education founded on a broad prin ciple, and breathing a generous spirit, is regarded with perfect hatred—not because it would diminish bigotry and promote good neighbourhood, but because, doing this, it would weaken faction." In another leading article on the subject of Canada, and the suggestions contained in Lord Durham's Report respecting municipal institutions, the Chronich observes—" without the aid of the population of a country, no Government can do its duty, and municipal institutions are the only means by which a Government can come in 'contact with the population." The Morning Herald contains some just and pertinent remarks " on the treacherous, unmanly, and savage prac tice of stabbing with knives or daggers, upon sudden or no provocation, a practice which foreigners have introduced among us." These remarks are suggested by a recent trial for stabbing with a dagger, which took pt.ace at the Central Criminal Court. The Morning Post is wroth to a degree bordering on absolute phrenzy, with Lord John Russell, for his " edu cation speech of Tuesday evening," observing, that the " leading point" of that speech " was a gross untruth." Our excited Contemporary has a second leading article on the subject of Lord Glenelg's recent resignation of office, in which it abuses Ministers in the most vehement terms " for their low-minded cunning and perfidy towards their late colleague," and gives his Lordship a commiserating pat on the back. the woman sitting up, saying, " Good God, I wonder are they going to bring me dies?. oysters." —(Laughter.) On another occasion a man fell from his horse, returning from a fair, in the Mile-end-road. An Attorney Coroner looked at him, and at once pronounced him dead—mind he would get no fee if the man was not dead.— (Laughter) He was put into a room, an inquest was held, and a verdict of accidental death returned. Jo the middle of the night The .3forning Advertiser, commenting on Lord Dur ham's Canadian Report, says—" We confidently hope that if this Report receive a consideration from Parliament commensurate with its intrinsic worth, and the importance of the topics it discusses, it may lead to the establishment of a perfectly new principle of Colonial Legislation. The observations on ahe establishment of Municipal Institu• the man being in his shroud, and not liking his quarters, turned round, and fell upon the floor. He called loudly for assistance, and one of the watchmen, under the old system, broke open the door, and seeing the man in his shroud, cried out, "don't think to frighten me with your d—d shroud. I knows you 'veil enough—you're one of the rascally resurrectionists—Pm not to be done in that vay. I shall take you off to the vatch.us "—(Great laughter.) And so he did— (Laughter)— hut the poor fellow was liberated next morning. but another misfortune had not been foreseen, for the undertaker sued him for half-a-crown for the use of the shell.—(Much laughter.) Gentlemen, I have now left a quarter of an hour to Mr. Adey to address you, and I have not taken up much more of your time my self. I shall have the honour of addressing you again and again, and I suppose so will my opponent, if he has not lost the use of his tongue.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Oliver—not Tom Oliver—(a laugh)—l hope lie is as good a man; but Mr. Oliver tells you that Mr. Arley will conscientiously discharge his duty when elected.— (Great laughter.) He has not told you that he conscientiously be lieves he will be elected.— (Hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, I say that if Mr. A dey persists in keeping open the poll, and putting me to expense in opposition to the wish of his Conservative friends, that he will come forward on a future occasion with a ♦ery bad grace, and with but a small chance of sitting in the Coroner's chair.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, I intreat you to consider this cause your own—it is one in which the best principles •f humanity are involved. If you are not freeholders, you know those who are, and remember, that one vote given today or to-morrow, is worth ten votes afterwards. tions arc particularly deserving attention." In another article on Lord John Russell's education speccb, our Con temporary pronounces it to be " a wisely decided step, taken at this critical period on the movement, or popular, side ;" and adds, that "it shows the determination of the Alinistry not to allow so vital an object as the educa tion of the people to be frittered away, or delayed, till it is too late, by the exclusive pretensions of the high Church party. If carried into effect, it may be considered tanta mount, quoad hoc, to a separation of Church and State." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY,TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of Monday and Tuesday's date, 11th and 12th Feb., since which we have received that of yesterday the 13th Feb. For several days past, a report prevailed that King Leo pold had signed the new treaty of the twenty-four articles, but we are assured from a good quarter, that the Kin,' has not signed the articles. The Treaty will be submitted to the Chamber, and the Ministers this time will give their conclusum. It is stated in a positive manner that ninety thousand Prussians arc on their march to the Rhenish pro vinces of Prussia. Come forward, then, and show Mr. Adey, if he has sauce to his dinner on Sunday, that it will be the most unsavoury and sour he could desire.—(Cheers.) Mr. ADE v then came forward, and was received with cheers and hisses. He said he was aware that many of those whom he had the honour of addressing, although they deserved it, were not free holders. He had met his worthy opponent on the ground of whether a legal or a medical Coroner was hest fitted to fill that im- Accounts from Cyndhoven, of Feb. 10, state, although the troops to have made a retrograde movement, that they have erected fortifications in various places. NEWS FROM TIIE FRONTfERS.—Tbey write from Oberne thalls, Feb. 10, that the Dutch corps, which will take up a position on the frontier towards Compeigne, has made a movement towards Limburg; few Dutch troops are on the side of Compeigne ; the second division of our army, com manded by General Goethuls, has not made any m ovement from its position at Areschat. The Dutch have destroyed all the bridges leading to the frontiers, and have made entrenchments on this side, as well as on the side of Limburg. Dutch P.trices, _Feb. 11.-- Two-and-a- Half per Cents., .541. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, WEDNESDAY, FED. 13. portant situation.—(Hear.) He trusted that he had not an enemy . _ amongst them, or, if he had, be hoped before the contest had tenni_ noted, that he would save converted him into a friend. He had been induced to offer himself at the solicitation of a number of intiu ential friends—(Cries of " N.," and interruption)—who thought that the office should be filled by a gentleman of the legal profession. —(" Hear," and cries of " No, no.") He was aware that there was a difference of opinion upon the subject, and he felt so diffident of his own abilities that he had intended, if Mr. Burchell came forward, to withdraw from the contest, in order that his friend might not be prejudiced.—(Hear.) He had come forward on the present occasion because no other gentleman of the legal profession had offered him self, and he begged to assure his worthy opponent that if he sup posed he had come forward to put him to expense, that such was not the case. He hoped he would allow him to adopt the course that had been recommended to him by his friends. There was no desire —The demand for cotton to-day has been very limited; the sales 3,000 bags, chiefly American ; no change in prices. The Belgian Paper Politique states that it is assumed ns positive, that John Cockerill, our celebrated manufac turer, has fallen under the weight of his commercial affairs. Ile required of the King to obtain a suspension of pay ments, according to the regulation of 1814. His balance, which was closed on the 30th June 1838, presented his assets about 18 millions against his debts of 12 millions. By the arrival of the New York packet ship Sheridan, numerous files of Americin papers have been received to the 27th January from Canada. There is no news of im portance, with the exception of the movements of troops, and the hanging of several of the rebels. By the last dates all appeared tranquil, and no further attempt to invade Canada by the brigands was spoken of. The intelligence from Mexico is a confirmation of the news previously received. The Mexican declaration of war to the French is officially announced by the French Admiral to the different foreign Consuls. A New York paper, received this morning, says that a large meeting has been held at New Orleans of all those American merchants whose property has been destroyed by the Mexican people or Government. The meeting was large, the resolutions were strong : they intend to memo rialize Congress. Poor Mexico I The claims of Eng land, France, and America will leave nothing for the descendants of Old Castile. Accounts from Brussels state that Cabinet Councils are continually held; the English Ambassador has had several conferences with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a very long interview with the French Ambassador, which has caused a continual movement of couriers. on their part to entail any unnecessary expense. Let the electors decide fairly between them as to whether a legal or a medical Coro. ner ought to be appointed.—(Hear, hear.) That decision could be come to without any great expense, and with that view he had come forward to have the opinions of the constituency fairly recorded. He readily admitted the talents of Mr. V% akley. He would not deny, if a medical Coroner was deemed advisable, that he would not discharge the duty faithfully and honestly towards all—(but he certainly did doubt whether Mr. Wakley was in a position at the present moment to discharge that duty efficiently.—(Cheers.) Let them bear in mind that he had undertaken the arduous duties of representative for the borough in which they then stood. H• was the'representa. tive of a large and influential body, whose interests he was bound to watch over in Parliament; and he asked them, how could Mr. Wakley conscienciously discharge both those duties. It was said that it would be necessary to have a third Coroner for Middlesex— :Cries of" No," and uproar)—because the duties were so onerous that they could not be discharged by one individual, and he begged to give the freeholders a clear pledge, that should he be returned, and find the duties too arduous for him, he would petition that another Coroner be appointed. He would again repeat that a medical Coroner ought not to be appointed. He thought they should not have a Coroner giving his opinion against the sworn testimony of medical men, %hose assistance could now be called in on such occa- sions. He hoped the contest would be carried on with good feeling on both sides, and that if he was defeated he would not retire from it disgraced; and he would conclude by assuring them that he would give the electors every opportunity of recording their votes —(Hear, and cheers.) The polling then commenced with great activity on both aides. STATE OF THE POLL. Wakley. Adey. Eleven o'clock Half -past Eleven Twelve o'clock Accounts from Tampico of the ith of January state, that a British squadron had arrived off Vera Cruz, under the command of Commander Douglas, with Mr. Paken ham on board. The prevailing opinion is, that he will en deavour to settle the differences between the Mexican Go vernment and the French. Half-past Twelve 476 One o'clock Half-past One _ _ . __ . _... Two 'o'clock LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-THIS DAY. We have received Belgian Papers of yesterday's date. They do not communicate any important news either from the Dutch or Belgian armies. Consols, which closed yesterday at 92i both for Time and Money, opened at the same prices, and at pre sent there appears to be a steady Market, but little busi ness doing as yet. Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, 61 63 ; Bank Stock, 2041 2051 ; India Stock, 2542 2551. DLit, FEB. 13.—Wind W.S. W., fine weather.—Sailed, the Westminster, Ealing, Grove, Victoria, John Denniston, Stock, and the Rose, Richard, for St. Michael's. Arrived and remains the Midlothian for Leith. PORTSMOUTH.—Wind S. W., fine--A rrived the Gladiator, Breton, from New York. Sailed on the 21st the Eclipse (steamer), Russell, Dartmouth ; La Jeune, Arristide, Barfleur. Passed by, Augus tus, Carr, London ; Abville, Osmond, Havre ; Eclipse, London. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived, the Fly, Gibb, from Bordeaux ; Bon I'cre, Marseilles ; Carolina, Bull, St. Michael's, with loss of anchor and boats stove, &c ; Sirius (steamer), Cork, and proceeded for London. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 19i 191 ; Por tuguese, 361 37 ; Three per Cents., 2,24- 23 ; Belgian, 981 991; Colombian, 281 291 ; Dutch l'wo- and-a-half per Cents., 54a z ; Five per Cents., 1021 1. PRICES OF &COCKS THIS DAY AT DNE COWES, Fes. 13.—Sailed the Falcon, for Liverpool ; Nile, Gardner, ditto. Bank Stock 105% 3 per Cent. lted. 9 : 3234 3 per Cent. Cons. 92 %34 YX 3,, ? per Cent - Ditto Red. IOW* ,', ',;", New 3;4 per Cent HAI% luo , A , - New 5 per Cent. . . ... . India Stock Ditto Bonds (B 61 South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 17a1 Exch. Bills, £1,0(111 63 65 pm. DOVER, FEB. la—Sailed the Normanton, Greig, for Trieste. ItssisekrE, Fs:a. 13.—Arrived the Joven Nicholas, from Lon don. Off port—the Bruce, Turnbull, from London, with loss of rudder. CREEK, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Lotus, Hammond, from Odessa ; Swan, Kertch ; Donegal, Elson, Messina. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 63 65 inn. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Small Oct. 1.1, 1859 14 12-16 Ditto Commercial — —pm Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ...2. 4} 5 April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account ... 255 Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Account 9s %),, % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds , Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds - Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds c 0 79% Ditto New Bonds,. 36 6 %1,,i Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds D tto Account Colombian Bonds —' Ditto Account — Ditto Account —! Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824 ..... 29 ' Spanish Bonds . Ditto Account .............. , Mao Account — Danish Bonds .... ! () Nl'i __. SALCOMBE, Fen. 12.—Arrived the Ace of Trumps, Lidstone, from Guernsey. BRISTOL, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Flora, from Leghorn. YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WHITE, FED. 13.—Sailed the Rambler, (all, for Gibraltar. GLOSTER, FEB. 13.—Arrived the Charlotte, from St. Michael's Emily, Turner, Leghorn. HOLYHEAD, FEB. I2.—Arrived the Orion, Itobr.rts. Liverpool. HARTING*, FEB. 13.—Arrived off; the Amwell, Hesse, from the Mauritius, sailed 29th Oct., Cape sth Dec. ; Parkficld, Jacob, Can. ton, sailed Bth Sept., St. Helena 28th Dec. LIVERPOOL, FEB 13.—The Tremendra, Taylor, frrm London derry to this port, is wrecked near the former place—three of the crew drowned. The Ranger, from London, which was on shore at Hoy. lake, has been got off without apparent damage. The Heart of Oak, M'Donala, arrived at this port, from Mauritius, experienced very heavy weather ow the Cape, from sth to Bth December, Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Account. I'7 l / 4 V,•;%% French, 5 per cent...—. —f. —c. CORK, Fax. 11.—The Victoria, May, arrived at this port, from Honduras, sailed 21st December. The 111 . 1nroy, for Cork, was to sail the following day; the Shannon had sailed four days previous for this port; and the Prince Regent was loading in Loo River, short of hands. . Ditto Bonds, 1/325 -, -- --- - ------ 4 per cent. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per Ceir. Exchange. Ditto Account Dutch, '.l-4 per cent. tk)kl.i Ditto, 6 per Cent 23S Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan — l Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Shlie Great Western Railway Company....... ..... ..... 65 79 1 ,ii 111 i Brighton Railway Loudon and Southampton Railway Company 3SI 17s. Pd. 4:i London and Croydon Railway Company l6/. Ss. 1214 i% Ditto New Scrip 4 6, A N rtn Midland Railway Company 55 55 Bitumen, Bastenne and Gaujac British North American Bank Colonial Bank London and Westminster Bank 2O .2 4 1 .4 Worthing Tontine, ...A/. Is. 2/. 6s. HALF-PAST ON.&. The Brussels Paper, Beige, states, we are assured that when the Chamber meets, which will be in a few days, they will be put to the alternative either to consent to the par tition of Limburg and Luxemburg, or to accept the ab dication of the King. After a Council of Ministers was held by the King, his Majesty received, in a particular au dience, General Skrzynecki. _ MILFORD, FEB. 12.—The Montcalm, Stockmar, which sailed hence on the lot inst. for Marseilles, has put back leaky. HoisuaAu, FEB___l2.—A head-board with " Edwin " upon it has been picked up at the back of the Head. - - DUBLIN, FEB. U.—The Argentine, Fordo, from Liverpool to Rochelle, was off Ireland's Eye on the 9th inst. Foretop sail yard sprung. She proceeded on the same day, after repairing the damage. FALMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Wind W. to W.S. W., strong breezes. Ar. rived the Jeune France, Laporte, from Cherbourg, with loss of jib_ boom ; Atalanta, Dartmouth ; Speedy, Wall, Cork ; Two Brothers, Adams, Jamaica. Off port the Leda, Lyel, Dundee, and Rainbow, London. Sailed the Pesto, Orfeur, and Atalanta, Banks, London. LIVERPOOL, FED 13.—Wind W., fine. Arrived the Heart of Oak, M'Donald, from Mauritius, sailed 7th Nov., and St. Helena 26th Dec. ; Georgian, Jamaica; Dorothea, Berbice; Rob Roy, Mo bile; Sheridan, New York, sailed 27th ult.; Druid, New York; Countess Durham, St. John's, and Mars, St. Andrew's, New Bruns wick ; William Rathbone, ; Bonery, St. Lucia; Grant, St. Lucia; Nereid, Jarvis, St. Michael; Ayrshire Lass, Meal, Trieste; Orange Branch, Lisbon. Off port the Dampier. DUBLIN, FEB, U.—Arrived the City of Limerick (steamer), from London. This is settling day in the Foreign Funds, up to the pre sent hour we do not hear of any failures. W ATER FORD, FEB. 10.—Arrived the Royal Oak, Marshall, Cadi z , KINGSTOWN, FF.B. I '2.— Arrived the Racer, NVarren, Liverpool. CORR, FEB. 11.—Arrived the Blandford, Hutchings, Newfound land, with bulwarks stove, and loss of boats, &c., having experienced a heavy gale on the Sth instant; Samuel, Beyn, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Victoria, May, Honduras ; Theodosia, Thomson, Liverpool. _ The Exchange comes from New York for a sovereign, 4 dollars 85 cents., to 4 dollars 87 cents. United States Bank Shares, 1201 cx. dividend. Consols for the Account, 92g- ; ironey, 921 ; Exche quer Bills, 63 65 ; Bank Stock 2051; India Bonds, 63 61 ; India Stock, 255. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 19i ; Portu guese, 361 ; Three per Cents., 224 I; Belgian, 99f ; Brazilian, 791; Colombian, 29 ; Mexican, 23k. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 921. HULL, FEB. la.—Wind W.—Arrived the Eighteen, Sodskende, from Stubbekeobing. STOCKTON, FEB. 11.—Arrived the Vigilant, Walls, from Amster dam ; Courier, Gravelines. HARwicu, FEB. 13.—Sailed the Mercury, for Gloucester. The Theodosia, Thompson, from Liverpool to Jamaica, has put in here, in consequence of strong head-winds and heavy sea. She was in company with the Volunteer, and six or seven other vessels yesterday. On the Bth inst., twenty miles off Cork, passed a steamer outward bound, supposed to be the Liverpool. FALL OF THE ROOF OF A THEATRE. -- About ten o ) c l oc k on M on d ay morn i ng, th e roo f o f th e t h eatre on Charlotte's qu ay gave way w i t h a t remen d ous cras h , b r i ng i ng with it all the ti m b ers , &c. Fortunately no person was in the buildirg at the time, and therefore we are glad to have it in our power to say Viet no accident occurred. It is not a little remarkable that It did not come down the night of the storm, when buildings of a much more recent date gave way; but there can be little doubt now that it got such a shake upon that occasion as made it not long survive —Limerick Paper. There is a standing order of the House of Peers, by which every Peer that attends his duty, and is too late for divine service, shall forfeit Is. to the poor's box, for the parish of St. Margaret ; and if he does not attend at all, or show special cause for such neglect, be is to forfeit the sum of 55., to be applied to the same purposes. This order should be enforced. The Tory papers sa y th a t a requisition is " get ting up" in the borough of Greenwich, calling on Sir George Cock. bun) to come forward in the event of a vacancy there, THE SUN, LONDON, TIIURSDAY,-EVENING EDITION,-FEBRUARY 14, 18 SAINTS AND MARTYRS, " Our National Church is a church fruitful in Saints and Martyrs !"— Vide Lord Ashley's Speech at the Meeting of the Church Extension Society, reported in the Times. Misguided Papists ! Did ye know The Church you're always taunting so ; How fruitful 'tis in Saints and Martyrs, How free from those psrt, sneering Tartars, Who, in un-apostolic Abuse all churches but their own—. Did ye know this, ye Papist crew, (I speak here of Dissenters too,) Ye'd leave your dogmas in the lurch, And stick, bkc wax, to Mother Church ! Saints —aye and Martyrs too !—exist In each long-suffering Pluralist, In each Archdeacon—Dean—Sub- Dean— And minor Canon too, I ween ; - Who'd gladly all their tithes forsake, And Cranmer-like, embrace the stake At Smithfield-bars for conscience sake. Our Bishops too On Christian ground Sure, purer Saints were never found ! Think of Saint Phillpotts ! Humble—mild—. A well of waters undefiled., Like Bunyan's arch angelic child; Whose pious thoughts aye raised on high, Abound in Christian Charity ; Whose meekness e'en opponents prize, And Devon's curates idolize Think of Saint Blomfield He who stands On Sundays with uplifted hands, And counts the sinners who, so merry, Row up to Putney in a wherry ; Preaches against all Sunday hacks, Arad the atheists on their backs ; And, lest he should irrreverent speak In English —yet brimful of pique— Damns all their souls in classic Greek ! Think of Saint Howley ! Rather dear Saint (to the tune of, it is clear, Full fifteen thousand pounds a year), Whose very eye with virtue glows, J ll u i s s t g a e s n so u m in e e t i l l i a o t r u o r u e g a h t tip h is pi n e o r s e s h ! o w s Think of these Saints and Martyrs too I And learn, ye Non-Conformist crew, To give Old Mother Church her due ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The inclosed MS. was picked up at the meeting held the other day for the purpose of Burking education, over which Lord Ashley presided. I was at first inclined to consider it as a effusion of the Right Hon. Member for Tainworth, but the allusion in die last stanza demonstrates the incorrectness of that supposition ; it being matter of public notoriety that the Right Hon. Baronet never bad a grandfather. Under these circumstances, I am doubtful as to the authorship, although there is sonic reason to believe that it is an after:dinner production either of Colonel Sibthorp or of the Bishop of Exeter. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, ISHMAEL. A CONSERVATIVE CANTICLE ON EDUCATION. Pm me it can ne'cr come to good, This desire to learn through the land, What they never before understood_ Pray why should folks now understand ? Indeed I consider it treason To teach the poor even their letters, For it clearly is out of all reason That they should know mere than their betters. I constantly think of the devil Whenever I pass by a college,* For he was the earliest Professor, And Eve the first seeker for knowledge. Things are come to a horrible pass : What an insolent wretch he must be, Whose Grandfather was but an ass, To presume to be wiser than he. ' 0 No allusion to Oxford and Cambridge: inasmuch as every thing taught there is orthodox and useless—they cannot with pro priety be considered as Institutions for Education, meaning by that word the imparting of knowledge. CO JILT CIE CULAR. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at one o'clock yester day afternoon at the New Palace. It was attended by the Lord President, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the first Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the India Board, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster, the President of the I3oard of Trade, the Secretary at War, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, the Lord Stew ard, and the Master of the Horse. At the Council Lord Dundas was sworn in Lord Lieu tenant of the North Riding of the county of York. A new Seal for one of the Colonies was approved of. Mr• C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty gave audience to the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Melbourne, and Lord Hill. The Court was attended by Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Treasurer of the Household, and the Comp troller of the household. The Earl of Fingall and the Hon. Major Keppell were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Queen took exquestriau exercise yesterday after noon, attended by the Honourable Miss Murray, Baroness Leine'', Miss Quentin, Earl of Fingall, Colonel Wemyss, Viscount Falkland, Honourable Major Keppel, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir Frederick Stoviu, and Sir George Quentin. The nc l al party were absent from the Palace two hours. Viscount Falkland, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Tor rington, Right Honourable George Stevens Byng, and the Honourable William Cowper joined the Royal circle at dinner last evening at the new Palace. The Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, Miss Kerr, and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Adelphi Theatre with their presence on Tuesday evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thompson, Vis. count Howick, and Lord Morpeth. The Council sat three hours. Chevalier de Mora had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Villiers and Mr. Bannerman had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home office. S:r Robert Fergusson transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., and his lady, arrived at their residence in Chester-street, from the North. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. Sir Charles Wetherell was heard on an appeal from Au Sudder Dewanny Adawlut and the Provincial Court of Illoorshadabad in Bengal, Rajundcrnarain Rai and others, sons and representatives of Sreenarein Roy, deceased, v. Bijai Govind Singh. Sir Charles had not concluded his address when the Court rose at four o'clock, and adjourned the case. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon, in Grafton-street, from their seat in Wales ; the Marquis of Downshire, in Hanover-square, from a visit to Earl Amherst, at Montreal, his seat in Kent; Lord Leveson, M.P., at Devonshire House, from a visit to Lord and Lady Rivers, at Brighton; Sir J. Yarde and Lady Buller, in Spring_ gardens, from their seat in Devon ; Lord and Lady Grenville So merset, in Charles-street, from the family seat in Montgomeryshire; the Hon. H. Liddel, at Percy's Cross, Fulham, from Ravensworth Castle, the seat of Lord and Lady Ravensworth ; Lord Melgund, at the Admiralty, from Minto Castle Roxburglishire; the Earl and Countess of Cawdor, and Ladies Campbell, in South Audley-street, from their scat in Wales. The Speaker will give his first parliamentary dinner for the Session on Saturday the 23d instant, and hold his levees on the 9th and 16th of March. BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY.—This morn i ng her Royal Highness the Princess is considerably better, th e cou , h whclt has so troubled her Royal Highness having nearly gon e, hn t she las had an attack of gout. Her royal highness still keeps her room. Every thing is very dull here, but the Dowager Duchess of Roxburghe, Earl of Westmorland, Earl and Countess of Munster, Lady Fielding, Lord and Lady George Seym , ur, Lady William Gordon, and a great many fashionables, are still residing wi t h us. The Earl and Countess of Meath left the Norfolk Hotel this morning for town. Lord and Lady Radstock and Dowager Countess of Waldegrave have also taken their depar tures. Viscountess Valletort is still visiting Lady Field ing at Byam House. - _ - . Lady Vernon will give her first evening party on Monday evening at her new residence, in Tilney-strect, I'ark lane, lately occupied by the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, an d a nu merous circle, will shortly visit the D uke of Ru tland, at ne'vol; Costle, Leicestershire. Count fASHIONABLE PARTY.—His Excellen cy een. Lord an d ,'ozzo di Borgo entertained the Duk e of Wellin g ton , Prince Li ,„ yen ' Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbu r y , Earl of Abe rd L;(11' Fitzroy Somerset, Lord and Lady Burghersh, Si r ltoLiza Gor_ don, M. de Berg, 111. de Kisseleff, General Schielder, M r, Culling Smith, and a select party at dinner last evening, at Ashburnh ain House. The Duke of Rutland left Bolton - street, Picca dilly, yesterday morning for Belvoir Castle. His Grace dined with his illustrious friend the Duke of Wellington. Mr. George Robins has announced for sale next week 6,600 botees et* remarkably fine wire, and curiosity is a littl e excited to know to whom it belongs; all we learn from the papers is, that he is " high in his offi c i a l vocation." The w i nes are de posited at his private cellars, No. 53, Haymarket, wh ere the public are invited to go next week and taste and judge for themselves. There are nearly 4,000 bottles of sherry; we shall certainly be of the tasting party. STATE OF T R ADE —There was no material change in the market yesterday; the demand for yarn being still limited, and the buyers unwilling to operate except at a r eduction of Price. There ,ras a little more business doing in manufactured goods generally, with the exception of the domestics, the consumption of which is chiefly amongst the labouring classes in this country ; and it is at present greatly checked by the enormous price of food, by which their means of purchasing clothing are almost annliilated. Manchester Guardian. ILLNESS of Mr. HODGES, M.P.—Mr. Hodges is suffering severely from a portion of lead from a pencil having fallen into one of his ears ; the severe swelling and pain of whi c h have prevented him (Loin attending his Parliamentary duties. BURKE AND BENDIGO. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) PUGILISTIC CONTEST FOR MWORTH RB THE CHAM PIONSHIP AND £220 STAKES, BETWEEN BENDIGO AND DEAF BURKE. This great event, which has caused such intense interest in the sporting world, was brought to an issue on Tuesday, in an extensive field, near the village of Heather, seven miles from Applebee House, and fire from Ashby-de-la- Zouch. The ring being formed, not less than 12,000 per sops were collected. On the men stripping it was evident that Burke was not in good condition, he was a deal too fleshy. Some delay took place in consequence of Bendigo objecting to Burke wearing his truss, and which ultimately (according to arti cles) he was obliged to take off. Bendigo's seconds were Peter Taylor and Nick 'Ward; Dick Curtis and Bill Thomson for Burke. Every thing being adjusted, a few minutes before two o'clock the fight commenced. Round 1. Bendigo made first play, by trying his left, which told: slightly on the Deaf-un's right side. Burke sent out his right, which told on his opponent's left ear, se vere hits were given on each side, a close, and both down together for the fall. 2d. Bendigo began with his right and caught Burke on his left eye, an d got c l ever l y away : B ur k e went up to his opponent, severe fighting, Bendigo under at the ropes. 3d. Bendig o b egan w i t h hi s r i g h t, w hi c h told again on Burke's left eye, ditto repeated, and got cleverly away. Burke appeared confused, went in and fought desperate, and succeeded to get Bendigo under for the fall. 4th. Burke came up distressed, showed first blood, his left eye black and swollen, it was evident he would loose the fight. Bendigo again with his right on Burke's left eye, which mode he followed, and had the best of it up to the 10th and last round, when Burke butted his opponent twice severely, which being contrary to the present rules of the P. R., an appeal was made to the referees, who very properly and promptly decided that Burke had lost the fight, which lasted 17 minutes, to the disappointment of thou sands, who anticipated a long and good fight. Burke was taken to his carriage, and was sick for sometime, an evident proof as before stated, that ho was not in proper condition. Bendigo had scarcely a mark. SIR F. HEAD and LORD DURHAM TO LORD MELBOURNE. Athenaeum, Feb. 13, 1839. My Lord—l have the honour to state to your Lord ship, that in glancing over that portion of Lord Dur ham's report to her Majesty on the affairs of British North America, which relates to Upper Canada, I have just observed three paragraphs described in the margin as " Proceedings of Sir Francis Head—failure of result aimed at by Sir F. Head—real result of Sir F. Head's policy—Legislature does not possess sufficient popular confidence—exasperation of the people." In one of the above paragraphs, which, like the rest of Lord Durham's report on Upper Canada contains information perfectly new to me, is the following state ment—" In a number of other instances, too, the elec tions were carried by Me unscrupulous exercise of the influence qf the Government." My Lord, after having, in reply to the addresses of both houses of the Legislature of Upper Canada, declined to embarrass her Majesty's Government, by divulging my correspondence with the Colonial Department, having told your Lordship that I would neither publish my despatches, nor give the names or numbers to enable either House to ask for them, and having, since my return to London, most clearly made it known "that I had determined never again to ask your Lordship to produce my dis patches ; that I intended not to petition either House of Parliament for their production ; and that in case they should be asked for in either House in my name, I should authorize the Government to deny the allega tion ;" having faithfully performed these duties to the Government, it is, I own, with extreme surprise I find that your Lordship and your colleagues should have deliberately advised her Majesty tolay before both Houses of Parliament a report containing the para graphs alluded to, when her Majesty's Government knew perfectly well that they were, and long had been in possession of despatches from me containing unan swerable evidence of the series of mis-statements which thes,., paragraphs contain. I conceive that her Majesty's Government, by sub mitting those paragraphs to Parliament at all, and at all events, by doing so without disclosing a single word of the complete contradiction of them which they possess, have made it unavoidably necessary that, without a moment's delay, I should vindicate nrystlf ; and I have, therefore, the honour to inform your Lordship, that I shall this day send to the press documents which will enable the Bri tish public to form their own judgment, not only on the policy which has been pursued by her Majesty's Govern ment in the British North American Colonies, but on the "parmaccti, for an inward bruise," recommenda- tions which are contained in the elegantly-written docu went which has assailed me. I have the honour to remain, my Lord, very respect "ully, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, .Standard. F. B. IIEAD. SHIRT MAKING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Reading your paper yesterday evening, I saw it was stated that shirts were being made in Hampshire for 10. s. per dozen, which statement I wish to correct. 10d. per doz. for some sorts, and tts. 4d. for the best, is tbe.price, at which the poor women cannot get More than two-pence a-day. By inserting the above you will I greatly oblige, A CONSTANT READER. Feb. 14, 1839. CAPTURE OF A SLAVER We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the fol lowing extract from the Bahama Observer of the Bth December last, giving the particulars of the capture of a large Portuguese slaver by her Majesty's brig Wan derer, under the command of a gallant and meritorious officer, Commander Bushby. " Yesterday, her Britannic Majesty's brig Wanderer, Commander Bushby, came into port, bringing with her the Portuguese brig Scorpion, Angelo Ellorriago, master, having on board 214 slaves. On the 25th of November, while the Wanderer was cruising off the Isle of Pines, was seen a sail, which from her appearance was taken for either a French or Spanish man-of•war. The Wanderer showed her colours—the barque answered them by showing Eng lish, and the brig, which was at this time full four miles to windward, hoisted American colours, and then began to make sail. The Wanderer closing upon her, she tacked, evidently desirous of not being overtaken. These manceu vres gave rise to strong suspicions that she was a slaver; and at forty minutes after twelve the Wandorer tacked in chase. The chase continued until half-past five the next morning, when, after an effective shot the brig was cap. turcd. " The prize is a fine brig of 270 tons, having on board 214 slaves when captured, but we arc informed upwards of 500 when she left the coast. She sails uncommonly fast, and reports having escaped, o Curlew, the co as t, f rom h er Ma jesty's vessels, the Pylades, and Fair Rosamond. The Wanderer was in chase upwards of nineteen hours, having run upwards of 160 miles before capturing her. After her capture, in bringing her to this port, the brig had frequently to shorten sail to enable the Wanderer to keep her company." THE NEWCASTLE MURDER. n7eiyxtnedolillorcitToulroloafmY,eisiatesr(diepayo.)sed that she heard the back do or o f hi s h ouse, and the outer ( A A b l r a i d d y g , e d who from lived the te door of his yard, open and shut several times on the night of the murder, between 5 and 10 o'clock, while Mary Walker stated no one was at the house again that night, neither was she herself ever across the doors. It will be recollected that she swore at the Coroner's inquest that the pane of glass which the police observed to have been broken, in the window of the kitchen at liolam's house, had been broken by herself, but that af terwards being told that one of the neighbours heard a a pane of glass broken on the Thursday night, she con fessed that what she had sworn before the Coroner was false, and that she found him there when she went home. She hasstated that she sat up for Bolam till 3 in the morn ing, and felt very uneasy at his absence, as he had not remained out all night before. It would appear, how ever, by the evidence of a man named Tweddle, a job bing gardener, that early on the morning of Friday, having heard that either the Commercial Bank or the Savings' Bank had been set on fire at Newcastle and a man murdered, and knowing that Bolam was connected with the Savings' Bank, he thought he would go and inquire ; and accordingly he knocked at the back door, which was opened by Mary Walker ; this was at eight o'clock, and he asked her if her master was at home, and she said " No, he had gone out." He remarked, " Why, he has gone out early." " Oh, yes," she said, " its throng time, they arc making up the books." He then told her what he heard, when she replied that it could not have occurred at the Savings' Bank. for there was no man kept there at night—besides, Mr Bolam had gone out that morning quite well. The gardener then left. The object of this evidence will be to show that Bolam must have made a confidant of this woman on Thursday night. We are enabled to state that the intelligence we gave a few weeks since that a young woman, named Jane San derson had stated that Mary Walker had sponged her her toaster's sleeves, is quite correct. And as a con firmation of this statement it will be shown that one of the police found a sponge in the kitchen at Bolam's house, which was out of its proper place, and it has the appearance of having been boiled in soda. We have heard that; Bolam last week expressed a wish to see a Magistrate, and one would have been sent to him, but his solicitor came in the meantime, when nothing more was said about it. Up to this day Bblam had not decided where he will be tried, whether in the town or the county ; he oscil iates between the two, but cannot fix. SIR JOHN BARROW.—When Sir John Bar row boasts that he has been the "humble instrum nt" of no less than eleven administrations, one is irresistibly reminded of Jim Crow and we exclaim " a Whed.Barrow, by Jove r'—but when he sub: sequently assures us that " he is, ever has been, and ever shall be, a Conservative"—we discover that he is but a Truckle-Barrow after all 1-4lrgus. ANTI-CORN LAW DELEGATES The Delegates assembled yesterday at the usual hour. Among tl;e Members of Parliament who were present, we noticed Mr. Hume, Mr. Villiers, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Wood, Mr. Scholefield, Mr. Easthope, Mr. M. Phillipps, Mr. Baines, Mr. Tancred, Mr. Denistoun, and Mr. Horsman. Mr. GREG gave notice of a motion for to-morrow, to appoint the following gentlemen to prepare a statement of the respective trades mentioned. For the woollen trade, Mr. Stansfield ; for the cotton trade, Mr. John son (and Mr. Greg) ; for the hosiery, Mr. Rawson ; for the hardware, Mr. Walker (not yet arrived) ; for the worsted, Mr. Milligan ; and for the corn trade, Mr. Walmsley and Mr. Sturge (expected to arrive on Thursday). Mr. EWART said a communication had been received from a gentleman connected with the paper manufactory, who would be able to prove a great exportation of the paper-making machinery. There had also been several communication s from agriculturists, who were willing to discuss this question.—(Hear.) Communication had been opened with about fifty additional places.—(Hear.) Mr. WEIR said he had heard of certain under hand whispers which had been circulated to the preju dice of their cause. All they wished was a fair and open hearing.-_( Hear.) They asked to be allowed to prove their ease at the bar of the House of Corn mons—( Hear, hear)—and they considered that those who were whispering about that the Delegates—" al though indeed their principles were good —were damn ing their cause by injudicious measures," should come for ward and state openly, what objections they entertained to the proceedings of the Delegates. An instance had lately occurred of speedy retribution for an injury which had been done to the cause, be (Mr. Weir) thought more from want of judgment than design:—(Het r.) But that showed how prompt and efficacious the punisit ment would be of those who should be guilty of any dereliction of their duty in a similar way—( Hear, hear) —and more especially with respect to Scotch Members, he would say that if they deserted this cause they must fix themselves firmly in their stirrups, for an attempt would certainly be made to force them from their seats. —(Hear.) Mr. EWART said he was glad the Delegates were prepared to adhere to their first determination, to de mand inquiry, instead of going at once for a simple re peal, which would in all probability result in an igno minious defeat.--( Hear.) The question then was, what kind of inquiry should be asked for ? Were they to put up with the hypocrisy of a Select Committee ? Or whether they should demand an open and a full inquiry before Parliament, was not the question—one of such magnitude, of such national importance, that it was en titled to a Parliamentary investigation.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to Mr. Wood, perhaps he had been rather too severely dealt with, used as he had been - as an instru ment in the Parliamentary manoeuvres of Sir R. Peel and Lord Stanley.—(Hear.) But if Sir R. Peel had no better arguments to answer the Anti-Corn-law case, the Right Hon. Baronet had but a miserable case to rest on.—(Hear, hear.) The late proceedings at Manches ter and Kendal proved how deeply this Anti-Corn-law cause had taken root among the respectable portions of the community.—( Hear.) That cause, founded as it was on the great principles of truth and justice, though it might for a time be retarded, must ultimately suc ceed—(Hear)—and even such statesmen as Sir R. Peel would eventually become converts to it.—(Hear.) Me. BOUI.TBEE said that he was perfectly convinced that eventually this question must be carried ; but that in order to carry it, it was necessary to convince the minds of the agriculturists that it was for their interest that the Corn-laws should be repealed. A consider able degree of misapprehension also existed on this sub ject, on the part of the Members of both Houses of Par liament. With a view of removing this misapprehension, he had given notice yesterday of Cis intention of bringing forward a motion on this subject. in fact he had never yet met with any Member of Parliament who was fully aware of all the facts which could be brought forward in support of the question of repeal. He thought that if the agriculturists could be made acquainted with these facts there could be no doubt but that a great change would take place in their minds. It had been suggested to him since, that the bringing these - statements forward at present might be rather injurious to their cause than otherwise, and he therefore withdrew his notice o motion. Mr. GREG said that as Mr. Weir had spoken of conversations which had taken place relative to the proceedings of the different delegates he (Mr. G.) would take this opportunity to correct a misrepresenta tion as to what had passed at a recent meeting of the Political Economy Club. At that meeting a contro versy had taken place between Mr. Tooke and Mr. M'Culloch on the one side, and himself (Mr. Greg) and another gentleman (whose name we could not catch) on the other. It was represented that Mr. M'Culloch had on that occasion completely smashed him (Mr. Greg). Now nothing could be further from the fact. Mr. M'Culloch had met with a complete answer ; and he (Mr. Greg) should have no objection to go over the same ground again with Mr. M'Culloch in any public assembly. Had the question been at all dubious, or related to anything but facts, he should not have ventured to oppose Mr. M'Culloch ; but as the ques tion turned entirely on facts relating to the state of the manufactures of foreign countries, in comparison with the manufactures of this, he considered that he was more qualified even than Mr. M'Culloch to form an opinion on this subject. All Mr. M'Culloch's facts were at least twenty years old, with the exception of some of ficial returns ; and so far from Mr. M'Culloch having smashed him, he had got a most complete answer.— (Hear, hear ) Mr. RAWSON asked what political economists would say to the little parcel which he held in his hand, which contained Saxon hosiery thirty to forty per cent. below what similar articles could be afforded for in this country ? Could political economists overcome this fact ? He wished to draw the attention of a Member of Parliament who he now saw in the room, who had never deserted the cause of the people under any cir cumstances, he meant Mr. Hume—(Cheers)—he wished to draw his attention to the fact which was corroborated by Mr. Filkin of Nottingham, that the stock ing•workers, who never earned more than 12s. a-week, did not now earn half that sum, while the price of provisions was two-thirds higher. This could not be attributed to the introduction of any new powers—the machines were the same ; and the only advantage which the Saxon manufacturer possessed, was the cheaper price of pro visions. MR. TAYLOR.-It had been yesterday represented as desirable to convince the agricultural interest that their interests were not separate from those of the manufacturers. The agriculturists could only be con vinced of this by arguing the question on principle, and to principle only would he appeal in this discussion. The only irremediable evil which could happen to the agricul tural interest is an unemployed population. Every other misfortune they might be enabled to survive—this they never could. It is almost superfluous to observe that an employed population can have nothing to stand be tween them and starvation except the land. Yet the legislation adopted with regard to the Corn-laws, is in direct contradiction to this principle. The only rock on which they could possibly suffer shipwreck, is the very one on which they seem determined to run the vessel. They arc more interested in this question than we are. In a few days the Members of the Legislature will be sitting with the greatest gravity to consider wile they shall grant us a boon, when, in fact, it will be for themselves and their own interests to accede to our wishes. They must decide whether prosperity shall continue, or whether they will involve themselves and us in one common ruin. Their only safety consists in having the population fully employed. They ought to offer a reward for the discovery of any new manufacture which the poor might produce, and the luxurious consume. How do the landed interest propose to support the population of this country ? The land has its limits ; the manufactures for home consumption cannot employ more than a certain number. Our population is continually increasing —and how is the surplus to be employed, ex cept in manufacturing for foreign markets? Above all things they should avoid incurring the danger of au un employed population. Nothing can avail them, unless they find full employment for the population. It might, in fact, be almost reduced to a syllogism, as follows : The evil most to be dreaded by the agricultural interest is an unemployed population. The Corn-laws tend to throw the population out of employment. Therefore, the Corn-laws are an evil to the agricultural interest. Mr. 'lnstr. said he had long been convinced of the absolute necessity of repealing the Corn-laws ; some years ago he proposed that it should have been ef fected graduallY, commencing with a fixed duty. He was then met by a complaint that such a measure would affect private interests. For until very lately he had:never heard it said that the Corn-laws were kept up for the interests of the landowners. Sir. J. Graham had indeed said, two or three years ago, that without the Corn-laws the landowners could not exist ; but that was thought extravagant.—(llear.) In the present Session, however, Mr. Handley had unblushingly avowed that the Corn-laws were a monopoly intended for the benefit of the landowners, and that they were determined to maintain them.—(Hear, hear.) .In 1833 and 1834 he (Mr. Hume) had visited the manufacturing towns of Belgium and Prussia, and bad observed the process of manufacturing hosiery and other articles (such as ladies' cloth), in which the foreign manufacturers were r a pidl y superseding the British. And Dr. Bowy . ng and himself bad devoted a great deal of time to examining the causes of the foreign manufacturers'rapid success ; and the result of their investigations in every case was, that the low price of food alone was the cause.—(Hear,e;_he ar .) He did not believe a free-trade in corn would lower the price of corn in this country, so much as some persons antici pated.—(Hear, hear.) He was himself a landowner— his income depended on land. After a mature consider ation of the question he had come to the conclusion that a repeal of the Corn-laws would produce little or no injury to him.—( Hear, hear.) The effect of the repeal would be th a t t h e pr i ce of corn in foreign couitries would be raised, and the labourers there would be placed on the same footing as ours.—(Hear hear.) This would improve die condition of the labouring e l ass , s . 01 . this country much more than any system of emigration that could be devised.—(Hear.) On this point Colonel Tortens's three letters were admirable ; they clea r l y showed that the great object of Governments ought t o be not so much to expatriate labourers, as to creat e an additional demand for labour at heme.---(Henr.) It was unfortunately too true that the present Heuse of Commons was legislating habitually for their own in terests. But surely if it were clearly proved to th em how prejudicial the Corn-laws were to our manufac turing labourers, humanity would prompt the rep ea l of those laws.—( Hear.) And as this was in fact. a q ue , tion of humanity, it was to be hoped that it would be advocated by those who heel supported the relief of th e factory children, and the emancipation of the negroes. The repeal of the Corn-laws would tend, more than any . other measure, to relieve the poor factory children, an d the working classes generally, from that state cf slavery to labour in which they were at present involved.— ( Hear.) It was to him (Mr. Hume) a matter of regret that the working classes should be so misled as to op pose this measure.—(Hear.) The working classes had unhappily been induced to believe that the capitalists were selfishly desirous of making large fortunes out o f their labour,whercas the great master manufacturers were many of them, and more were becoming so every day, unable to get the ordinary returns to their capital. (Hear.) To convince the working classes of their error in that respect ought to be a primary object with the Delegation.—(Hear.) In 1827 he had been time advocate of a fixed duty, but now he was of °O l i o , that no duty at all should be retained—(Hear)--- an d his advice to the Delegates was that nothing should I induce the to relax their endeavours to lay before the I public as many facts on this great subject Ps (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHNSON, like Mr. Hume, regretted that fl?. sorking classes should so far misunderstand the inten: ions of the manufacturers upon this question. If the manufacturers had great profits they then went into the market for labour, and there it rose in price ; if his profits were small, or if he had none, then he ceased to manufacture, and the market for labour was over stocked, and of course its price fell. He did eot think the House of Commons would be so mad as to disregard their petition, backed as they were by the great' wealth of the whole manu facturing interests of England and Scotland. It was not the past they wished the Honse to look to, hot to the future—(Hear, hear), and as wise statesmen the Ministry ought carefully to look a-head. Mr. Finch was sorry that he had not time to attend the Deputa tion that day, as he had received a letter from Banbury in which it was stated that they had narrowly eseaped a row there, from the means taken to procure sigt:a.- tures to the landlords' petition. In that pctitien _ ....„ the usual fallacy that the repeal of the Corn-laws w.)uid lower wages. That opinion had been reiteratorl over and over again, but especially by the landed interest , but it was, nevertheless a fallacy still. Take the easz. of America, there wages were very high and provisions were as low as in any country. It might be said that was new country, then he would take an old one. Look Ltt Ireland, there wages were low, and yet there was ro country except England where food was so big:). Wages depended entirely upon the rate of profits. (Hear, hear.) If profits were good, then the price of labour would rise—if they were low, then wages must fall. Mr. BAINES said, as Lord J. Russell had given no tice that to-morrow he would give an answer to the question of Sir R. Peel, and state what course the Government intended to take with respect to j r . Vil liers' motion ; would it not be as well for the Deputa tion to wait upon his Lordship previously ? Sir G. STRICKLAND had often thought of such a suggestion, but had not broached it, inasmuch as the management of the Parliamentary campaign had beers left to a Sub-Committee. He however thought tLe suggestion a very good one, and that it ought to he adopted. He had always contended for the repeal of the Corn-laws on the broad principles of justice and sound principle. As a landowner he might meet with some loss, but he thought that in justice he ought to do so, and so he thought every honest landowner ought.— (Cheers.) He was perfectly aware that there w"re a great many landowners now coming round to tlnir opinion, and they only wanted to have the facts of tho case stated to them in order to convince them. They were now wavering in their opinion, and many who were lately determined opponents to any alteration, had confessed to him that they were now convinced that a fixed duty would be better for their own interests than the present fluctuating scale.--(Hear, hear.) He would not deny that a great majority of them said to themselves—" we have got a monopoly, and we will keep it if we can ;" but still, from his own experience, he would assure them that their cause was progressing even amongst the agriculturists. Let the Deputation put the case fairly before them, and they would vet obtain great support from the lauded interest. ile world respectfully press upon the Deputation the value of Mr. Baines's suggestion. The CHAIRMAN - 'WaS certain that all the Del ega t es would feel extremely indebted for the remarks whivh had just fillen from the Hon. Bart., and he could assure him it was the wish of the Delegates to cultivate a friendly feeling towards the landlords. They did not wish to draw a pledge from any Member of Parliament until he had heard the evidence they could lay before the House.—(Hear, hear.) He regretted Lord Join Russell had committed himself by saying that before that petition was presented he would be prepared on Thurs day to state what course the Government intended to take. He trusted the Government would not resolve on adopting any particular course until they heard the care of those opposed to the Corn-laws, for he felt convinced that when the Government heard their evidence, thn would come to one result and that result would bee, total and immediate repeal.—(Hear.) The only ques tion with them was, whether the evil had not gone se , far that the repeal would now be of no use.—( near.) Perhaps even the landowners themselves would very soon be of that opinion. They wished to meet all parties •in the most friendly spirit ; :Ind if they could give any information by an interview or otherwise, they would be very happy to do so. Mr. BAINES , M.P., would submit to the considera tion of the Delegates whether they should not ask f or an interview with Lord John Russell? They had bad an interview with Lord Melbourne. Whether that interview was satisfactory or not, he did not know ; but he thought they ought to have a conference 1; ith Lord John Russell, for that might have the effect of modifying the answer he would return to-morrow. — The CHAIRMAN said he would submit the suggestion of the Hon. Member to the consideration of his col leagues. Mr. THOMAS WILSON, of Kendal, was sorry to hear the various reflections that were made as to no comm oo interest existing between master and man. He. would be sorry to be placed in the capacity o f a manufacturer if such was the case. For the workmen in his own establishment he could sey there was not a man among them who would not come forward and state that he considered his rn,,,,ster's interest and his own interest were one, and that when the master was suffering the man was sufferina, and when the man was suffering the master was suffering.. Mr. BOULTBEE did not understand that Lord John Russell was to give an opinion if they had an interview with him, but was only to hear what they had to say. He hoped that Mr. Baines's suggestion would be aoopted, and that a few gentlemen would wait on Lord John Russell. Dr. BOWRING had beard with great delight the state ment which had been made as to the unanimous fcel ing which prevailed between the masters and the nu-I:- men of Kendal, and he trusted the example would widely spread. In justice to the operations of th ose who fancied that the agitation of these topics mi g ht re tard others which interested them, it might be said that in 19 cases out of 20 the labouring population had come forward with an unanimous voice to petitioa the repeal of the Corn-laws. The Committee then adjourned. CORN-LA WS-NEWARK. One of the largest meetings ever held in Newark, this day took place, (convened by the High Sheriff for Cm County, Webb Edge, Esq.), for the South Division of the county of Nottingham, and is this moment (two o'clock), concluded, by carrying an amendment in favour of Repeal, although the Sheriff gave his decision in favour of the original resolution. This proceeding on his part was so decidedly contrary to the fact, that a vote of censure was carried against him, by at least six to one for his partial conduct. 13th Feb., 1839. A t he a ld o S n p T e u c e i s a d l ay l‘ a l ft e e e rn t o it o l n g , it o w f as ti r l e e . That a public meeting be c onv ened at the Crown and Association, S. 'A°ll:Ado;Tavern on Tuesday next, the 19th lost , to petition for a total repeal of the Corn-laws," to which those Members of Parlia. went who are favourable to the measure will he invited. Sunday morning, a few minutes before twelve, her Majesty was proceeding from Buckingham Palace to hear service in the Royal Chapel, St. James's, and while the R ey.,l carriage was in the act of passing through the Milkhouse.get. , a very respectably dressed middle-aged woman stepped from amon g ,, the crowd and thr ew a p e titi on th roug h th e o p en window i nto carriage. She was instantly taken into custody by police-c on. d st i anbp l r , g el lne 1, and by him conveyed to the station-house in Car. Inspector Partridge, who was on duty, question, d her in English as to her motives in acting as she had done, but sh o gave him to understand that she was a French woman, and in, capable of speaking a word of English. The inspector then i ntc „ , rogated her in her native tongue, and the following i s the substance of the replies given :—She said she was a native of Paris, that her name was Susette Bernard,owee ra,nbdectohnaiteshae:nakstutih:, wife of a Dutchman, who had bee n carrying on business for some time past in Edinburgh. He had, howe v e r, and having at the time of his bankruptcy kept back from is creditors some money and goods, was tried as a fraudulent b en % rupt and sentenced to seven years transportation, which ee ntc ,,, %, had been so far carried into execution that he was at p , e,ez, lying at Woolwich, preparatory to his removal abroad, R avi now no friends to maintain herself and four young children, she had taken the above course as the only one available of laying her case before the Queen, and suing for her husband's pardon. Slrp was not aware that she had done wrong, as it was a canstant tice abroad, and one that was allowed. The i ns p ec t or detained the woman for about two hours, when a m essa g e arr i ve d from her ma jesty, to the effect that the woman was :o be cautioned as future conduct, and th e n di sc h age d . These instructions m,to lice re cordingly complied with. ab!C t° of the 'S r „ cr oft n tha t s head le had ,t" fa id ;c ha d t hat had p wit . d de' son, under the ched ,hirt fide r, of orn flan- ----"'