The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-24 00:00:00

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Or ilZ. c,4,111::b0k, ,It°,,tal.t.:l:__,Ba.atter,i Sava-mutt ; Liver d,. Ntopaid, . 141.U.111 G Y N L e lss, Jacques, Orleana 0 gr. 7 1 C u rs a on w a -14-./ %/tinge Au; Br:mils; Auitrik New Orleans; Britannia, Wilmington ; Ashburton, New York; Parliament, Boston. Off Port, Tam-o% Shunter. 'the Eilwaril, sloop, of Morlaix, was aban doned, Jan. 15, off Ushant, in a sinking state; crew saved. The Laura, hence to Sydney, New South Wiles, put into Penambuco on the 13th ult. to repair, and was expected t) proceed on the 21st Dec. NEWHAVEN, JAN. 23.—The Cumbria, of Swansea, Brest to Punt L'Abbv, was abandoned on the 15th inst. in a sinking state, la'. 40 N. 7 W.; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 22.—Tho Farmer, Grangemouth to London, has pus• in leaky. FAL2,IOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind S.E . , strong.—Arrd. Louisa Melhurst, Havannab. Sid. Valentine, Batavia. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1850 WGILTZI AND ZMADENIECALL. These markets were in a very sluggish state, on the iAlowing terms:—Beef, from 2s 43 to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Veal, 3s 2d to 31 10d; and Pork, 2s 10(1 to 4s 2d per Sibs. by the carcase. ZAY VELL7Z3LETB. SKITHFIELD.—DiIoadow Hay, 21 103 to 31. 10s; Clover iitto, 3/ Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 2s to 11 8s per oed. Supply tolerably got and trade dull. CUMBEKLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10, to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 41 33; and Straw, 11 3s to 1/ 9s per load. A *low trade, at the above quotations. WHITECLIAPEL. Meadow Hay, 21 83 to 3/ lOs ; Clover, ditto, .3/ Os to 4/ 121; and Straw,ll 2s to 1183 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. MEAT MARKETS. SOUTHALL, JAN. 23.—Our market 'fro-day, was very inactive for each kind of stock, and last week's prices were with difficulty supporte 1. Beer, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 2J to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s ad per 81bs, to sink the offal. LEWES, JAN. 22.—We had a sexy dull trade here to day, and prices were with difficulty supported. Beer, from 314 s to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3a 4s to 4s 4d; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. BO➢tFORD, JAN. 23.—The general detnsnd was in a very sluggish state, on the following terms:—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; Quarter-old Store Pigs 16s to 20s; and Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 141 to 181 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN Tor the Week ended Jan. 20, IMO, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I nasurr.l OATS. RIM. I ELAM I PIA , . PRICE .. 4ls Od I 26s 3d 16s Od I 23s 9d I 264 id I 27s 6d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BAILEY. I 1 OATS. IT BEANS. PIA.. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is 01 Is 01 LAW INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. RICHARD GUNN MAHON. The defendant, a respectably dressed person, who had been au officer in the Royal Marines, surrendered to re ceive the judgment of the court, for trafficing in the sale Cl an appointment in the gift of the Board of Ordnance. He had pleaded guilty of the offence. A number of affidavits were put in on both sides. The first was from James Paxton, jun, of 36, Russell-street, Bermondsey, farrier, who deposed that his father in serted an advertisement in the Times on the 2d of July, 1847, that he was desirous to procure for his son a Go vernment or railway appointment, legally saleable. Im mediately after he received a letter from the defendant, dated from Grosvenor House, Knightsbridge, stating that, through the influence of his friends, he could meet the wishes of the advertiser. Several interviews took place at the Ship Hotel, and the defendant at one of them produced a letter purporting to be from Lord Alfred Paget, the Secretary to the Ordnance, intimating that an appointment could be obtained. Upon this Mr. Paxton, sen., gave the defendant 271. 10s., taking a short bill for the amount, and after inquiring at the Reform Club, and finding the defendant what he purported to be, another sum of money was paid to him, making in all 1101, the defendant binding himself by a certain day to procure an appointment in the Ordnance. He did not, however, keep his word, neither were the bills paid. The elder Paxton corroborated in his affidavit the pre ceding facts, and both Lord Alfred Pag et and Lord Clarence Paget swore positively that they had never written to either the def-ndant or Paxton in their lives. The defendant put in a voluminous document, setting forth that he it as the son of a clergyman of the Church of England, who died in 1826, leaving him almost un provided for. Through the influence of Lord Bran don and his family a situation was obtained for him in the Royal Marines, in which he bad served with credit for eleven years under many distinguished officers, one of his recommendations for promotion being signed by Lord William Paget. Through the interest of Lord Minto he was appointed, in 1841, paymaster in South Wales, but, in consequence of over confidence being placed in him he became embarrassed grid was obliged to resign in 1843; but the Admiralty gave him the hope that he would be reinstated. Through the interest of Sir Henry Ward, Sir Thomas Wilde, and Mr. Brown, M.P., he believed he should have been placed upon the half-pay list, but for the perse cutions cf the Paxtons, under whose threats of exposure by advertisements in the newspapers, he gave them the promise for which he had been prosecuted; but though he calculated otherwise he was unable to fulfil it. Hav ing been arrested at Bath he was compelled to petition, as an insolvent, the Judge uf the County Court t f So merset for protection; but, owing to the opposition of the Paxtons, and the statement of the transaction with respect to the appointment, ho was remanded for twelve months, and passed six months in gaol. Having actually suffered' for this °flout), having been altogether ruined, and suffering much from dyspepsia, he trusted the Court would be lenient to him. Medical certificates to the Ef fect that the defendant was suffering from this complaint were put ie. Oae of them stated that confinement might bring on the disease, and that ho could not answer for consequences. Mr. COCHDURN addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment. It could not he denied that the defendant was placed in a disadvantageous position, in consequence of having no opportunity of answering the affidavits of the proseeutces. The Court must see that the Paxtons were not blameless in this matter, since they were per fectly ready to enter into an illegal compact. Having already suffered for his misconduct, and being a ruined and destroyed man, he trusted the Court would think a light punishment sufficiently ample. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL regretted that he could discern no mitigating circumstances in the case. The defendant could not be placed in a disadvantageous posi tion, as he had advisedly pleaded guilty, with a perfect knowledge of the truth of the allegations that the Pax tons could bring against him. The Paxtons were not, however, without imputation, as they were ready to break the law, but he did not represent them, but the public. It was, he confessed new to him, that a conviction for fraud was to extenuate an offence of this kind. The defendant had laboured to cast an imputation upon his Noble Friend, Lord Allred Paget, and that Noble Lord had a right to expect that the judgment of the Court should fully establish his utter innocence of any know ledge of, or communication with the defendant. The de fendant well knew that he was perpetrating a fraud, and the Court would not discharge its duty if it did not strongly mark its sense of the defendant's misconduct. The defendant said he was an entire stranger to both the Lord Pagets who had sworn affidavits. The letter he produced was from Lord William Pager, who, as would be seer, had backed his testimonials. Mr. Justice PA.TTESON said the imposition of a fine, send imprisonment until it was paid, would be equivalent to passing a sentence of perpetual imprisonment on him. The sentence ww, that he be imprisoned in the Queen's Bench for twelve months. The defendant was removed in custody. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) At the sittings in Banco, this day, the Court was occupied in listening to arguments on points of pleading of not the slightest public interest. BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice ERLE.) CIIBITT V. PURDY. Mr. PARRY applied to the Court on behalf of the de fendant iu this case, a prisoner in Whitecross-street Prison, for a writ of babeaa corpus, to bring up the pri soner fur the purpose of being discharged, on the ground that the warrant of commitment was insufficient in law, and that he bad been discharged from the debt by an order of adjudication made by the Insolvent Court. The plaintiff was an officer in the army, and the prisoner a horse-dealer ; the transaction arising out of the sale of a horse. On the 12th of January, 1849, the plaintiff obtained judgment in the Bloomsbury County Court against the prisoner for a debt under 201., but in the following April the prisoner obtained his discharge under the Insolvent Act. Nevertheless, on the 11th of this present month he was arrested on a county-court war rant at the suit of the plaintiff, and committed to White cross-street Prison. It would seem that the arrest took place under the 102 d section of the 9th and 10th Victoria, chapter 95, which provided that "no protection order or certificate granted by a Court of Bankruptcy or Insolvenoy,shall be available to discharge any defen dant from any commitment under the provisions of this Act, but the Learned Counsel apprehended this clause did not apply to any case where the certificate order, or protection, had been obtained prior to the arrest. Mr. Justice ERLE suggested that the application being virtually fur a discharge, ought to be made to the county court that had made the order of corn. mittal. _ __ Mr. PARRY thought, as the prisoner was wrongfully imprisoned, this wAs the proper tribunal to render him relief. Mr. Justice ERLE said, that he would consider the point. Mr. PARRY said there were several objections to the form of the order of comm it men t. I n th e fi rs t place, it stated that it was issued after the prisoner had been ex amined by the Court, but it did not specify that the ex amination had been made on oath. Mr. Justice PATTESON did not think that was neces sary where the order showed upon the face of it that the Court had the power of adjudicating, and taken the proper st-ps to accomplish the adjudicaion. Mr. PARRY said his 'next objection to the order was, that it stated that the defendant had obttibei credit by means of false pretences, and had made a gift, or tram far, of his property, fir the purpose cf defraudi ng , an d th e C ourt there fire adjudged him to forty days' imprisonment. Now this order was as much in the nature of a convic tion as a commitment, and ought to be construed strictly. Wel', then, by the wording of this sentance it would ap peir t iat the defendant had committed t so offences, and the term c..f impr;sontneet ought to have been awarded to Will, Mr. Justice ERLE—But the Court had only rower to imprison f •rty days for such an offence. Mr. Lim? . said there was one other ground of objec tion to the form the order. It stated that the def nd ant had " destro) ed, made a gif.`, or try.' .It•fern d his property for the purpose c f detrau, iing hie, creditors." Now, this being in the disjunctive, tb e t,ffr nee was too indefinitely stated to justify the commi Mr. Justice FAME—Had the conjur ction been "and," then the objection mould not lie. Mr. PARRY was &raid not. The le .st ,ground objec• thin wile, aft'', it omit red the prisoner to be imprisoned for " forty days, or until any soar er discharge in due course of law." Now, he contenried t bat the order ought to have specified in what manner arty sooner discharge could be obtained, such as by pay-ing the debt and costs, which amounted in the whole t, 19e. It had been held in the Insolvent Court th at rich an order was clearly bad. Mr. Justice Max said the points raised were of some importance to the public, aul they were so nice and minute in themselves that t hey required some cor sideration. He would not, theyefore, give his decision till to-morrow morning. SHERIFFS' COUB.T.--(THIS DAY.) (134 fore Mr. Under-Sheriff Buttons:Lt.) MILITARY TAIL9RING.—.7onzi"sON v. cOWPER. The plaintiff in this action is a tailor and army accoutrement-maker, in Jermyni-str , et, St. Jatees'e, and sought to recover the sum of 154. 7s. 6d. for goods sold. Defendant is a surgeon in the arrny. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff's traveller was celled to prove the order ing of a pair t f tringed bullion epaule.tes, a sce,nd hand regulation sword, &c., and that toe prices cbargtd Isere fair and reasonable. The UNDER SHERIFF—How yeas the order given— in writing ? Wituess—No._ Mr. Cowper was at the time only an assistant-surgeon, and expecting promotion said, that the order was to be executed when he was gazetted. The UNDER-SHERIFF—Then the Gazette was to be the order, did you take it from 'that ? Witness—Oh, no. It is pretty well known how things are, without looking to that.—(Lkughte".) The UNDER-SHERIFF—I see you charge interest upon the debt contracted in 1846. Did defendant agree to pay interest? Witness—No, but it is usual ; and when I applied for the amount defendant's only excuse was, that he had not enough to pay, and offered to give up the epaulettes, for which, as they were not much worn, I said 51 ss. would be allowed. Another witness was called to prove that the charges were fair, and that it was the custom to add interest on over-due accounts. The UNDER-t-_HEREFF said, as there was no defence, the jury would probably give a verdict for the amount claimed. The jury found a verdict for 151. 7s. 6d. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY AN EXPENSIVE BOOT.—George Parsloe was charged before Mr. Bingham with having stolen a leather boot, value 51, under the following circumstances:— Mr. John Hollis, licensed victualler, 39, Union-street, stated that a club of boot and shoemakers was held at his house, and once in the year the members of the club exhibited to the trade prize sfecimens of their work. manship. About nine o'clock last night, whilst he was at supper with some friends, the prisoner and two other men came in and requested to be allowed to see the prize boots. Believing them to be in the trade, he desired his waiter to show them up into the club-room, wherein the boots were exhibited. After ordering some gin the waiter left the room to attend upon witness, and during his absence the prisoner and his companions came down stairs and ltfc the house. A few minutes after they kit, he had occasion to go into the club-room, when he missed one of the prize boots and a shoe, worth together about 8/. He immediately gave information, with a de scription of the prisoner, to the police, who succeeded in taking him into custody in about an hour after the rob bery bad been discovered. A witness named Barwell said he was standing at prosecutor's bar about half-past nine last night, when he saw the prisoner and two other men come down stairs. As they were leaving the house, he distinctly saw the heel of a boot sticking out of the prisoner's coat pocket. On hearing that one of the prize boots was stolen, he told prosecutor of what he had stoa. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded for a week. DARING ROBBERY.—James Bassett, a well-known thief, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing 55 yards of cotton print, value IL 55., the pro perty of Mr. James Syden, draper, 7, Leicester-square. Martin Milan, a porter in the employ of the prose cutor, stated that on the previous afternoon, about five o'clock, he was in his master's shop, when he saw some person come to the door and snatch a piece of print from a pile close by ire door. Witness immediately ran out, and saw the prisoner running across the square with tt,r piece of print produced under his arm. Witness rau after him, calling out " Stop thie`,” and the prisoner seeing that he was closely followed threw away the print and bolted up Panton-street as fast as his legs could carry him. On turning into the Haymarket he raa into the arms of a constable who had heard the alarm,' and who detainee him till witness arrived, when he was conveyed to the station. Thomas Hyde, foreman to the prosecutor, identified the prii,t Ai the property of his master. Potice-constable A 323 proved taking the prisoner into custody, and stated that he (prt , oner) was an asso ciate of thieve:, and had been convicted several times. The prisoner, who denied the robbery, was fully com mitted tor trial. POSTAL COMMUNICATION BE- TWEEN LONDON AND PARIS. The following memorial, to which the principal mercantile houses in London and Liverpool have at• tached their names, has been presented to Lord John Russell : " That the present postal communication between England and France does not offer those facilities which the great interest of the two countries require. " That the mail service via Dover and Calais is performed with much unnecessary delay, and con veyed by a circuitous and expensive route, to the great detriment of commerce and international com munication. ," That by the substitution of the more direct and less expensive route via Folkestone and Boulogne, letters posted in Paris in the evening would reach London in time for the first morning delivery, and in time also for the early morning mails to the north and west of England. " That the delay caused by the present postal ser• vice between the two countries affects not only the correspondence between London and Paris, but the mails from India and China, and thereby occasions much inconvenience to the general trade and com merce of the country. " That the service between Folkestone and Bou logne could be performed with certainty and regu larity, except during the prevalence of south-west gales of wind, which render the port of Boulogne in accessible for not more than twenty times in the year, when the mails might be landed at Calais, and carried by special conveyance to Boulogne. " That even under such circumstances the mails would be conveyed in the same time, and be delivered at the same hour, as at present via lover and Calais, where there is an insurmountable fixed and regular delay, occasioned by the additional length of sixty six and a half miles of road ; and that the present failures in the service, which not unfrequently occur during north-vast gales of wind, when Calais is in accessible, would entirely cease. That your memorialists, therefore, pray that for the interests of commerce and promotion of amity and intercourse between the two countries the mail service may be transferred to the direct and natural highway between London and Paris via Folkestone and Boulogne. " A►nd your memorialists, ice." DIAMOND DUST. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) We may safely fix our eibto n on those whom we hear some people depreciate. Humility is the low but broad and deep foundation of every virtue. Wise sayings often fall t) tt'e ground, bat a kind word is never thrown away. Reading is the ally, not the adversary of genius; and he who reads in a proper spirit can scarcely rsa i too much. Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. When the domestic virtues display themselves in the midst of privations, and anxieties, and sufferings, then they shine most conspicuously. They are like the snowdrops and crocuses, which unexpectedly peep out of the frost-bound soil, to diversify the depth and dreari ness of winter, and give us a cheerful foretaste of the coming spring. INVALID DEPOT FOR CONVICTS.—The authorities of the convict department have decided on converting the old barrack s a t Sh ornec liff into a depot for invalid convicts, to relieve the hospital ships and the other ves sels stationed at Woolwich from being overcrowded by the sickly who are unfit fur out-door labour in the Dock yard and Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and from other pods where convicts are employed in this country. Thirty-six, mostly old and diseased convicts unfit for out-door manual labour, were removed yesterday, and conveyed by the South-Eastern Railway to Folkestone, and thence to Shornecliff Barracks, situate between Sandgate and Hythe, where they will be employed as shoemakers and t3ilors, or other i n d oor work, suit able' to the sta e of their health. ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE. - In the year 1779 there lived in Wrext an Cupfain Jones, an elderly gen tleman, and a young doctor, nam,cl Mlnning. They were friends until from some cau se th ey quarrelled. We believe tl at Certain Jones's daughter was the subjpci cif dispute. A duel was fought, C a p ta i n Jones was killed, and Dr. Manning became deranged. lie resided in Wrexham a few years afterwards, and wal then seat to Kirkdale Lunatic Asylum. After a confinement of nearly fifty yews he died la,t week, and his body was brought to Wrexham for interment. His property is said to have aecumulat 41 to about 70,0001., which will be divided among his relatives. During the last week this incident has been the subject if much fireside conversation among the old people of Wrexham, many of whom remember the circumstances of the duel,. Cheater Chronicle. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. By the Swordfish, Captain Green, we have advices from Rio de Janeiro to the 15th, Pernambuco to the 17th, and from Bahia to the 10th of December. From Pernambnco we learn that cottons had de clined to 4,600 to 4,700 reis per arroba for average quality, but, better advices having been received, immediately advanced, and all supplies since, averag ing 1,000 bags weekly, have been eagerly bought up at 5,200 reis for average quality, and 100 to 200 reis per arroba more for superior, which are the quotations for to-day. The arrivals of the new crop of sugar up to this date have been much less than during the same period last year. This, added to a number of unli mited orders for execution, has caused prices to open and be eupported very high, and far beyond the ge neral limits received by the November packets. It is expected, however, when these are completed, which it was thought would take place before the middle of next month, that prices would give way. hides—Dry salted hides have been in better de mand at 92i reis per lb. In exchange, the rate had declined to 27id., at which transactions to a consi derable amount had- been effected. In freights— cotton for Liverpool, at 9-16.1. and 5 per cent. per lb. Sugar ballasts, 20.. per ton nominal. At Rio coffee was quoted at 5,000 to .5,200 reis for superiors, and at 4,700 to 4,900 reis for good firsts. Exchange stood at 27-11. to 28d. In freights little doing. At Bahia exchange was 271 d.; more money than bills. Cotton selling at 5,200 to 5,300 reis per arroba. Freights dull. Last charter to' the Channel 403. per ton. Cotton to Liverpool was taken at 1. to I. and 5 per cent. per pound. The Swordfish sailed in company with the Enterprise for London, the Esk for Trieste, and the Manchester for the Channel. The Li vonia was to said on the 18th for the West Indies. The Laura, from Liverpool, was waiting for pas sengers to proceed to Sydney. The Hyperion, from Callao, was discharging to repair. The Fenella had been sold to defray expenses incurred. The Onward Queen was loading for the Mediterranean ; the Ja maica sailed on the 10th for Bahia, and the Lanca shire Witch on the 11th for Paraiba and Liverpool. The Dyson and the Mary Queen of Scots were loading at Maceio, and would sail in about a week for Liverpool. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the grounds around the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, accompanied by the Duke de NernourF, and attended by Lord Camoys, Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Co lonel F. H. Seymour. The royal dinner party this evening includes her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Mr. Birch. The band of the Grenadier Guards attends during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend at the Castle. The Hon. kisaMacdonald has relieved the Hon. Miss Cavendish in her duty as Maid of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. Lord Camoys and Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin have relieved the Earl of Listowel and Colonel Hon. R. Boyle in their duties as Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at her residence, Cl ar ence House, St. James's, at twelve o'clock, yesterday, from Frogmore House. Her Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and afterwards kfc town on her return to Frogmore House. A deputation on Swansea Dock, consisting of Mr. J. H. Vivian, If.P., Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. C. H. Smith, Mr. G. G. Francis, and Mr. W. Stroud, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Commissioners for inquiring into Smithfield market and markets in the city of Loudon fur the sale of meat, had a meeting yesterday, at the Home-office. There were present Mr. George Corne wall Lewis, Sir James Duke, Sir Harry Verney, Professor Richard Owen, and Mr. John Wood. Lady John Russell had an assembly yesterday evening, at her residence in Chesham-place. TO THE EDITOR OF IHE SUN. Sin,--I have real with great interest your brilliant article in The Sun of last evening, respecting the cul pable indifference hitherto manifested by the present Government towards the three illustrious champions of free trade, namely, the persevering and undaunted M-. Villiers, the venerable and acute Colonel Thomr son, and the deeply-lamented, indefatigable poet, Ebenez-r Elliott; and most cordially do . 1 concur in the noble sentiments which you have expressed to wards the two Honourable Members , and the deceased free-trade and Corn-law Rhymer. I r'joice too, Sir, with you that the high claims of the first named gen tleman have at length been, in some degree, recognized by Lord John Russell, in the honour conferred up on that gentlemen to move the Address on th e Queen ' s' Speech. But, Sir, the following exquisite eulogium from your eloquent article has forcibly reminded me of a project which was set on foot, I think, in 1846, for raising " A National Testimonial to Sir Robert Peel.' You truly say, " There was much, very much, due to the magnanimity of that distinguished statesman, who sacrificed his influence over a gigantic' faction, who resigned the supreme power hitherto exercised by him over the Parliament, and who voluntarily retreated from the highest office of autho rity in the country, that of Prime Minister of Eng land, for the purpose of paying his allegiance to the sway of truth, and of testifying his loyalty to the cause of experience." Sir, these sentiments will be echoed by the great body of the people of this coun try, and will furnish a good answer to the obloquy and abuse which have been heaped upon the head of the devoted ex-Premier almost daily since he had the courage to throw overboard the party in this country who would tax the poor man's loaf for the purpose cf keeping up their rents, at almost ruinous figures to the poor tenant-farmers. My principal object, however, in addressing you on this occasion is to endeav our to resuscitate the ex cellhwhich a have i alluded. B46. It w alst pro-was by penny su b scr i pt i ons, i n order commenced,posed e n t t o projectcarry as it o o ut to make it strictly national, and that the poor man might have an opportunity of testifying his gratitude to Sir Robert Peel for the great sacrifices he had made to benefit the former. The Morning Adver• tiser originally, I believe, propounded the scheme. Subscriptions flowed into the office of that journal, and also into the various places throughout the coun try for receiving contributions, every day, with ra- F idity, so that a large sum was thereby raised. Suddenly, however, the matter was dropped; but what has become of the money I know nut, though myself, in common, doubtless, with hundreds, would be very glad to learn. Under these circumstances, Sir, I am sure, you will kindly allow me to a s k, through your paper, to whose hands the said f und was confided, and whether it is proposed to apply t h at fund to its original pur pose or to appropriate it to some charity ?—Your very obedient servant, REMEMBRANCER. London, Jan. 23. DESTRUCTION OF BUCHANAN-ROUSR, THE SEAT OF THE I)UKE OF MONTROSE.--GLASGOW, TUESDAY EVENING.--We regret to learn that last night .13u• chanan-house, on the shores of Loch Lomond, the Scottish seat of the Duho of Montrose, was totally de stroyed by fire. how the fire originated we have not yet learned, but there is no reason to consider it other wise than accidental. Soon after the flames were dis covered they ottained a complete mastery. The house, with the greater cart cf its furniture and " plenishing," has been destroyed. The ducal family was absent at the time. The house was spacious and comfortable, and most delightfully situated in a fine lawn dotted with old timber; but it hal none of the high grales of architec ture t) recommend it. The land and castles upon it have been long in the possession of the Montrose family, and the mansion formed their only seat in Scotland. The loss is partly covered by insurance; but it is feared that many relics and old family papers, which money cannot replace, have perished, sueh as the records connected with the glorious actions of the " Grest Marquis of Montrose." Loss OF THE BRIG DART.---Tbe br;g Ri c h ar d Dart was from London to Auckland, and struck on Prince Edward's Island ,during a thick fog on the 19th June, and became a total wreck. The following persons were drowned, viz.:—Passengers: Lieut. Liddell, RE., Dr. Gale, Dr. and Mrs. Fitten and child, Mr. Kelly, twenty-five men, RE., tour women, nine children, and eight seamen.— Front the South African of Nov. 15. _ - BRITISH BENEFICENT INSTITUTION.—The Earl of Cardigan honoured Mr. H. F. Richardson, the secretary of this institution, with an interview on Monday, at his mansion in Portmar-square, on business connected with this charity, and of which his Lordship is President. The Noble Lnrd fixed Wednesday, May 29, for a dinner to celebrate the fcundation of the institution, at which the Noble and Gallant Earl will preside, at the Free masons' Hall. SUICIDE IN MANCHESTER. — This morning, on opening the shop of Mr. Louis Beaver, watchmaker, Cross-street, a youth about 18 years of age, who usu ally slept on the premises for the purpose of protecting them, was found hanging in the shop, and quite dead. He had b( ea observed to be in a desponding state during the day, but no apprehension was entertained for hi. safety. No reason can be assigned for this unhappy deed. ANGELS ON THE TRAMP.—A vagrant called at a house on a Sucday, and begged for some cider. Th e lady refaced t) give him any, and he reminded her of the oft-quasi remark, that she "might entertain an angel unawaree," " Yoe," said she, " bui angel® don' t go about drinlOng cider on 0%112(1111r NATIONAL CURRENCY REFORM ASSOCIATION. Last night a public meeting was held at the Lon don Coffee- house, Ludgate-hill, for the purpose of ex plaining the objects acd principles of the National Currency Reform Association. Oa the platform were Mr. Francis I3ennoch (the president), Mr. Duncan (the secretary), Mr. (lorry (barrister-at law), Mr. Sidney Smith, &e. Mr. 13ENNOCII, who was in the chair, opened the proceedings in a speech of great length and of great merit. It was one of the advantages of this our country that every man was listened to with com placency, with kindness, and with courtesy, more particularly when he came forward with a system to propose whereby the sufferings of millions of our fellow-men were to be alleviated, and all classes of the community were to be advantaged. In a com mercial community it was quite clear that anything which was calculated to give steady and continuous trade, to prevent those cycles of terrible distress which frequently occurred, was an important matter for commercial men especially to consider. Some gentle men might say, perhaps, ,that there was n o occas i on for such a m ovemen t as i now, because we had now passed over the troubled waters, and that we were again sailing in smooth water. Bat this was a fal lacy, and he warned those whom he addressed of the dangers which yet existed. The storm was not over, it was but the lull before a coming storm, which must again visit the country unless our monetary system should be placed on a sounder basis. All panics were the result of fear and distrust, more than of necessity. The last panic was stayed by confidence being re stored, though the fact still existed—the scarcity of gold remained, but the fear vanished. The run upon the Bank of England, which had drained its bullion to 700,0001. in the banking department, was only stayed by the letter of the Lords of the Treasury releasing the Bank from the obligation to circulate its notes backed and based on gold. No sooner was that necessity removed, than confidence returned. The money was circulated in the country, and the bankers were enabled to fortify their own posi tion. The drain of bullion at that time was not to meet foreign obligations, but internal neces sities. A society then existed, the object of which was to show tbat the difficulty existed from the deficiency of gold. Then it was urged that there was a danger of our having too much gold. The society pressed upon the Govern ment the necessity for inquiry into the question of the currency. And what was the result ? The House of Commons appointed a secret Committee of the friends of bullionism ; and though it was a packed Committee, yet they were only able to prevent the Bill of 1844 being condemned by a majority of two ; whilst by a Committee of the House of Lords, it was unequivocally condemned, and a report of some 70 or 80 pages was drawn up, showing that bills of ex change payable on demand, if not the cause, had con siderably aggravated the distress of the country. In introducing the principles of this National Currency Reform Association, he thought it would be well to look at some of those societies who pretend to avert or ameliorate the dangers which surrounded us, and the distress which was likely to arise by and bye, and which, indeed, was now existing. Where so much was attempted to be done, he believed that none of these parties would accomplish what they proposed. He would glance at a few of those societies, because it was essential to the appreciation of the plan which this association proposed, and of the agitation of which this was the commencement. First of all, there were the Protection societies. Protection, as formerly established, he believed we never could return to. Our only protection must be in our superior skill, or in possession cif a circulating medium which should give permanent and continuous employment to the people. Parliamentary Reform, and the extension of the elective franchise, were unquestionably necessary for the purpose of placing the mass of the com munity on a fair footing with others.—(Cheers.) But the extension of the franchise would not accom plish all that was required, any more than the Par liamentary Reform Act had accomplished what its great authors intended. Financial reform was always a good question to agitate, but it would not benefit the masses to any large or general extent; they wanted more money to give more labour, and not to save money to give less labour. The labour that was given by the Government, if properly expended—the money expended on labour, if properly expended, was not wasted—it was money circulated to pay for labour. That money was again circulated to pay for other reproductive labour. This evidently would be fostered, and prosperity would be the result. The building of ships was a mode of expenditure of money to be approved, and the breaking up of such ships was an unproductive proceeding, and should be discouraged. But the expenditure of ten of twelve millions of money, for the purpose of reclaiming waste lands, or benefiting the people by a continuous employment, instead of being a drain, must be a benefit to the country at large. Sit Robert Peel had a system also—(Groans)—by which he very generously would spend 20 p er cen t. o f hi s rental in benefiting his own land - but the 20 pet cent. so expended on this l an d would not meet tht obligations of the tenantry which they had entered inte, expecting that wheat would continue at 50s. w 605., which it was then, whereas wheat was now a' 40s —(Hear.) Two or three years must elapse before the money thus expended would be productive, i or of importance to the tenantry ; and indeed man) of them might be destroyed before the time arrived. Next, there was Mr. Disraeli's plan, and he told the agriculturists that what he proposed was, that a sum of 5,000,000/. should form a sinking fund—not borrowed, but a real sinking fund—which, safely in hand, would, in less than ten months, raise Consols above par, and thus enable landlords to borrow money to apply to their land at 3 per cent., instead of paying as they now do, 4 and 4} per cent. Then the farmei could go to his banker or neighbour, and obtain from him at a reasonable rate the capital he required for the improvement of the soil. "That, gentle men," said Mr. Disraeli, "is your remedy ; equal taxation and cheap capital. Mind, when I say cheap capital, I am not recommending you to depreciate your coin, or to adopt a paper currency, whieh could not easily be converted into gold." Well, Mr. Disraeli said the farmers would borrow money at 3 instead of 4or per cent. Then they would have a saving of 101. or 15/. on a loan of 1,0001. Would that be of any great importance to the agriculturists ? He then said be did not wish the farmer to depre ciate the coin of the realm. Did the farmer require gold only to purchase manure, or to obtain facilities far carrying on his work ? Of all men in the coun try the farmer was the one who least of all required gold as a circulating medium, seeing that bank-notes were placed on the credit of the country, therefore, if they gave them a medium of exchange, what cared they for gold ?—(Cheers.) But by these means to profess to relieve the distress of the farmers, was a fallacy. Nothing more hollow or deceptive, in his opinion, had ever rationally been brought before a reasoning community. Mr. Disraeli would alleviate distress by imposing more taxes, and he did not see how this could be done. Mr. Disraeli wished to raise 5,000,0001., and with that, on his theory, Consols would rise to par, and the bankers would get cheap money. Consols, at the particular time when Mr. Disraeli spoke, were 93. On this plan he would raise them to 100/., giving 71. profit ; thus every 1,0001. would give 701. in ten months, so that the whole national debt, amounting to 800,000,0001., would be increased in ten months by 56,000,000/. in value, by first sinking 5,000,0001. Why, they heard sometimes of wizards, of necromancers, conjuror's and harlequins, whose magic w a n d cou ld t arn anything into gold ; but Mr. Disraeli was the great necro mancer of the age. He would raise Consols. by 56,000,0001. if they would give him 40,000.0001., and the country would be then in a prosperous state. Such was his theory. He now came to Mr. Sidney Herbert's plan. The benevolence of that movement could not be doubted for a moment. It was ge nerous—it was wise to help the distressed; and it was still wiser if, by helping the distressed at home, we could benefit our countrymen at the anti podes. But they must not permit mere bene• volence to blind them to the great question before them, and they must, look to its results, simply and' clearly, without being carried away by the philan thropy of the undertaking. Supposing they raised a sum of 20,0001. by, public subserir ion, at the rate of 101. each (the lowest price at which they could send out emigrants to Australia or Sydney) they would only relieve 2,000 persons. But the average price of sending out each emigrant being 151. to 201., then only 1,500, or probably 1,000 would be provided for. Such would be the practical result of this magnificent scheme, which showed the readiness with which any scheme was subscribed for which held out the pro spect of benefitting our labouring population.—(Hear, hear.) But take away these 2,000, and the difference would not be known in this vast metropolis ; it would not amount to 1 per cent. of those who were suffering, therefore no great benefit would be realised; and it happened that in the midst of this distress, in York shire and Lancashire, they had not sufficient skilled labour to execute orders with which the manufac turers were crowded. Now on this point of skilled labour he came to considerations of principles —he parti cularly referred to skilled labour, as while the skilled labourers were being pruned off the branches the root was still deeply fixed in society. The disease was spreading; the tree grew, yielding the fruit of po verty, destitution, crime, and death.—(H ear .) At the same time he: would not like it to be understood that he was opposed to emigration ! By no means. It was the glory of this country—it was the advan tage of this country, that she had colonies peopled by the same race, with the same determined perseverance to succeed in every work which they undertook. We had reason, too, to boast of our friends on the other side of the Atlantic as worthy heirs of a worthy na tion, peopling the wilds and spreading the Anglo- Saxon race over the whole continent of America.— (Rear) Th e resu lt of the panics to which he had referred, and the occasional cycles of commercial distress was, that skilled labour became at a discount, and was not required. Many a man who emigrated felt that he had within him, in his head and his hands, wealth sufficient to provide for him anywhere. The distress caused the skilled artisan to find labour elsewhere, and our American brethren were too glad to receive him. After this took place, one cycle was gone, and the skilled artisans were thund rooted or located in other countries ; and the next thing which occurred was an emigration scheme, under which men went voluntarily, and then at great public expense they send women after them to make them wives. They were told that all this resulted from over - population.—(Hear.) Why, to talk of over-population in a country like this was sheer folly —(Cheers)—whilst we had millions of acres of land unfilled, which only required labour to make it pro duce sufficient sustenance for all ; and in a neigh bouring country there was the finest soil in the world to make the had highly productive and available. The wages of the labouring man could be paid so long as land remained to be tilled. So long as this was the case, to talk of over-population was sheer Tally.—(Cheers.) If the evil arose from over-popu lation, all the sanitary re f orms w hi ch had been happily carried out of late must be regarded merely as an interference with the dictates and dispensations of the Divine Providence, and yet such a doctrine had been advocated by a Christian clergyman ; but it was one which could not be received by a Christian community with anything like patience.— (Loud cheers.) lie would proceed to consider emigration in its widest sense. He had an opinion that to the nation emigration was an absolute loss. The theory which he was about to propound, and to bring to the proof, he believed to be novel, yet true.— (Hear.) Of what consisted the national wealth ? Doubtless, the surplus labour which was condensed and laid up in skill, was to be used on after occasions. What produced this wealth but an immense amount of skilled labour, or manual labour? If it was pro duced by machinery it was by the skill of man ; that machinery was destined to perform the work of man ; and machinery should not degrade and injure man ! No ! it was made to relieve him from toil, and enable him to give to the unaided man an amount of time, which he could not otherwise accomplish, by going through the whole course of manual labour. The paupers he believed cost in the: workhouse from ss. to 10s. per week per bead.—(No, no.) Well, suppose they took the average at 4s. (make it low enough), a: that rate each pauper cost 101. per annum. Lie believed that 4s. per week, or rather more, was the price paid to the late Mr. Drouet, at Tooting, to provide for the children committed to his charge. He would take the men, women, and children at an aver age of 4s. per week. In 15 years, at 10/. per annum, the youths and girls would cost 150/. each. If they took men from 15 to 20—the years of apprenticeship, some being engaged in reproductive labour, they would not be much out if they considered their weekly wages at 10. e. per week, this would make in the five years 130/. But, make the estimate low enough, and say the cost was 1001. or 1501.—there they had a living animal, the most useful in the world, costing the producer 150/. Suppose a farmer to be a great breeder of cattle, and he had raised horses which, at the end of five sears, were valued at 50/., what would be thought of that man if he said, " These horses are worth 501. each, I will give you Si. to take them away ?" Yet this was not less consistent than with us, when a pauper cost 100/. to send him across the Atlantic to America, and we were glad to get rid of him.—(Hear, hear.) He found that the value of a slave there was from 500 to 2,000 dollars, or from 1002. to 400/. ! Now, let him consider the numbers of the population who have passed out of this country, and see how it would support his argu ment. In the years 1843,,1844, and 1845, periods of great prosperity, when a number of undertakings were introduced, and men were all employed, and their families were properly supported, the average number of emigrants from England was 73,000 per annum. In 1846, 1847, and 1848, the average was 212,000, thereby showing that the emigration was reduced while the country was in a state of prosperity and increased when the nation was in a state of dis tress. If they took the cost of each emigrant at 100/., and it appeared that in the one period 212,000 persons bad gone from the country, then we had presented to America, or wherever else they went tc', that material which had cost us 21,000,0001. Having gone into some further calculations, he maintained that regular employment was the only thing required to keep the nation con stantly prosperous and happy. With regular employ ment and good wages the pauper would become a producer, and by that he became a consumer ; and lot only this, but he exchanged his own labour for the tabour of somebody else. Tbus, instead of becoming i burden, he became a blessing. The next thing that was said was that we could not find employment for the people, because if we did so, there was the danger , f over-production. How many were there in the workhouse who could not find f sod ? It was clear that so long as they remained tided, there could be no over-production for them, and that whilst millions were almost naked, there could not be over production :o them. They wanted only a proper principle of Distribution, which was only to be got by a circulating nedium of exchange, which should be unfluctuating Ind abundant. In 1847 it was said that the distress which prevailed was owing to and arose from rail ways—from too much labour being employed, and -oo many people providing for themselves. Now the iistress they were told arose from a plethora of labour Lnd of capital. That was to say that there;was too much labour wanting employment, and too much money to pay for it.—(A. laugh). In the years 1844 and 1845 money in Lombard-street was about the same as it now was—it was to be had at Ito 2i per cent. Gold was then very abundant, speculation went on rapidly, all was prosperous. But so soon as the notes were returned to be exchanged for gold to pay certain labour which was being carried on in the .iountry, the bullion of the Bank was reduced, the circulating medium was contracted in the same ratio, and gigantic enterprises were overthrown by the cir culation being suddenly circumscribed. If the rail ways had continued all would have been well ; but large mercantile houses had, he would not say accommodation, but their right denied them, Ind men holding Exchequer- bills, backed by the Government, were unable to get Bank notes to pay the wages of their workpeople. The - esult was that they were obliged to sacrifice the property they had got, and prices fell from 50 to 60 ear cent., and the loss to the nation was not less than 300,000,000/. Some said it was 400,000,000/., or equal to one-half of the national debt, and the lowest calculation had been 200,000,000/., or one-fourth of the national debt. And why ? because 4,000,000/. had gone from the Bank, not from the country, but Or internal purposes, to satisfy internal necessity ; but the drain was sufficient to cause confidence to go, and prices to fall. It was even said that we had too much capital. Whence arose this wealth ? It was considered to arise from the balance of accumulative labour. But what reproductive labour had taken place since the year 1847 and the beginning of 1848 ? The estates of large mercantile firms had been realised, the balances had been paid int o th e Bank, and, in consequence of the reduction of the value of commodities by 40 or 60 per cent., these commodities were cheaper to the foreigner than gold. The principle of this association was to endeavour to get rid of gold altogether as a circulating medium, and as of nothing in value, except as to foreign balances of accounts. An expanding circulating me dium would carry the country over the difficulty which might otherwise arise. Some people told them to take great care, because gold was going out of the country, which, he maintained, ought to be advan tageous for us in the export of corn. No man would suppose that we gave gold away, or that we did not get something else back for it; and if, by the aid of superior machinery, we could produce goods cheaper than any other nation, then we should get gold cheaper. There were, it was said, indications of the nation suffering from an over-abundance of gold. From California, from the list estimate, it was stated that the average labour of a man produced 25 dollars, calculated at one fi xe d pr i ce, per day, or equal to 30/. a week-25 dollars a day giving 51. a day, and that giving 30/. a week. 1,560 lbs. of gold gathered in California in one year at 5 per cent. would realise 751., which would pay a labouring man in England 30s. per week, er two labouring men in Bngl Ind 15s. a week each. This was the annual Meta in gold, which was indestructible—which could not be eaten—whilst we had an Act of Parliament which declared that the price of gold should be 775. 10fd. per ounce. Another view of the value of gold might be taken from the fact that lumber, which included all kinds of wood, which cost in New York 1,000 dollars, was sold in California for 14,000 dollars. Houses that cost in New York 300 dollars sold in California at 3,000 dollars. Washing cradles, for washing the mud and separating it from the gold, which cost two dollars i n N ew Y or k, sold in Cali fornia for 40 doll a r s , an d so i n proportion with other articles. In conclusion, the speaker beggedto r sa t y , that this was no political agitation—it was free fun sect or party ; they desired the ascendancy associations,ce dancy desired ofnoparty struggling for political life. T only to aid the progress of civilization and the general advancem ent ievt din this of people . — ( Cheers. ) be found th e ere.) They be lieved and physical regeneration of the nation. He be- e he ns be lieved that if the object were carried out, trade would he , fostered and pushed to its utmost legitimate extent In reference to the progress of this association, he was happy to find that the seed which had been sown in the last month was showing itself, and that the en couragement which they had met with had gone be yond their expectation. The speech concluded by a reference to some articles which had appeared in the Times newspaper, which Mr Bennoch maintained went to support the views of this association. Mr. DUNCAN (the secretarT of the society) in a long speech, which was divided i n t o th ree beads, maintained first, that money ought not to possess any intrinsic value, in opposition to the possess idolatry" which pr eva il e d on this part c f the sub ject. lie next argued from historical facts, that taking the whole duration of this monarchy , we had only had gold as money for a limited pe riod, and that in those periods when we bad bad gold as the representative of money, we had en countered most tremendous mercantile disasters, whereas when we were released from this foolish superstition we bad had periods of unbounded pros perity. lie then contended that Mr. Jones Loyd's theory of trade was altogether illusory, and attributed the miseries cf the panics of past years to the effect of Peel's measures of 1816, 1819, and 1844. Mr. TWELVES, in a speech full of historical statis tics, argued at great length against the present mo netary system, and concluded by declaring that the country was placed in thi s position, that they must annihilate the national debt, and thus affect the in terests of nine-tenths of the population, or return to a por.r currency. The proceedings terminated with an intimation from the Chairman that they would meet again in a week or ten days, or a fortnight, when gentlemen who were then prepared to add ress t h e meeting would they th oug h t i t should reserve their r emar k s tillb attend, etttehre th f b u eb r xs , te a m s gee t en h t t e i Ine h gtn o . u e n r was THE WELSH CHURCH. LETTER X. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have had many opportunities of observing that even in districts which are superficially Anglicized, the spiritual husbandry of English clergymen in Wales can only be compared to the fastidious efforts of a lady , with a trowel, where the ploughshare lies rusting in the fallow field, unless boldly driven deep into the fertile land by voluntary native labourers. In trying to make the English language the basis of Welsh instruction, our rulers have long been sedulously endeavouring to make a pyramid stand upon its apex, and thus endangering, crushing, and scattering those who ought to be gathered and shel tered and preserved. Most Welsh clergymen, being not only the servants of the Church, but also the servants of beneficed Englishmen, have charge of more than one parish, and perform service in English and Welsh alternately once a day in each, affording insufficient means of grace to both places. Often the service, nominally called Welsb, is a mixed one, which always proves offensive to both parties. This mischievous course is usually adopted by clergymen who, having learned the Welsh language merely to procure institution, find extreme difficulty in reading the lessons, and are utterly incapable of p reac hi ng i n Welsh'. The general comment of their few native hearers upon such dramatic exhibitions •is very expressive :—." We understand even less of their 'Welsh than we do of their English." A simple fact may appisitely illustrate the general condition of the Welsh Church as regards the insuffi cient means of grace with which it is supplying the people. A Welsh curate having two parishes, lying several miles apart, under his care, and residing in one of them, could only perform service in each church once every Sunday. He officiated on alternate Sun days in the native tongue, and was popular among the people round his home ; nevertheless, the mem bers of his congregation regularly attended also at the Dissenting chapel. A certain old woman among them took an opportunity of telling him one day that she hoped he would approve of her motives in so doing, as really the Church was not enough for her. This deficiency in the number of public ordinances does, in fact, send all their devout attendants, except the gentry and the higher order of shopkeepers, to seek additional means of grace elsewhere. It acts as an auxiliary force to Dissent, while undermining the attachment of some of its own few members, and obstructing the religious improvement of the rest. Some letters signed " Giraldus," hich have recently appeared in the Daily .News, contain impor tant information on this subject, and afford matter for very serious consideration. It may be inferred from their statistics of the relative means of grace offered to the inhabitants of various Welsh localities by the Establishment and by Dissenters, that the diocesans, official dignitaries, and parochial ministers of that Church must all have utterly forgotten the purport of that solemn exhortation delivered by the bishop to every priest in the Ordination service :-- " Have always, therefore, printed in your re membrance how great a treasure is com mitted to your charge ; for they are the sheep of Christ which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed his blood. The Church and congregation whom you must serve is his spouse and his body ; and if it shall happen the same Church, or any member thereof, to take any hurt or hindrance by reason of your negligence, ye know the greatness of the fault, and also the horrible punishment that will ensue. Wherefore consider with yourselves the end of your ministry towards the children of God, towards the spouse and bidy of Christ, and see that you never cease your labour, your care, and diligence, until you have done all that lieth in you, according to your bounden duty, to bring all such as are, or shall be, committed to your charge unto that agreement in the faith and knowledge of God, and to that ripeness and perfectness of age in Christ, that there be no place left among you either for error in religion or vicious ness of life." Having these awful words printed in their remem brance, few parochial clergymen would dare to disre gard them, and, for the sake of personal ease and worldly favour with the principal families of their several parishes, to leave the great majority of their flock untended and untaught to wander at their will. Alas! these words, and the sacred vows which as sented to their charge, and sealed their obligation, are now apparently alike forgotten. The minister's at tentions are almost exclusively devoted to the local great ones and their dependents, and the hindrance, wilfully cast in the way of the poor, by the disuse of services in their native tongue, the spiritual hurt thus done to thousands individually, and the aggregate amount of injury resulting to the community is little dreamed of. " The greatness of the fault" is aggra vated, too, by the previous warning, and such minis ters are incurring a tenfold degree of guilt by that very frequency and familiarity which help to blind their minds in its commission. They have manifestly , left a wide expanse among them, both for " error in re legion" and for " viciousness of lite" ; and, had not sectarian volunteers filled up the gaping breach, the Principality would probably lie even now at the mercy cf superstition, ignorance, and infamy. As the most intense darkness precedes the dawn of morning, and the weariness of the week's last night ushers in the cheerful Sabbath, so, the students of Church History have often remarked, are the periods of the greatest gloom followed by religion's most glorious revivals. It may, therefore be hoped that the piety and zeal of the Established Church in Wales being now well nigh extinct, will soon receive, through the true and faith ful ministers which yet remain to her, fresh commu nications of that ce'estial fire which can alone restore her to her proper use and glory as the spiritual Light of Wales. The case made out by " Giraldus" to prove the imperative necessity for re-modelling and reforming the ecclesiastical administration of the Welsh Church is incontestably very strong. The shame of such an exposure may, perchance, awaken some of the guilty from the slumber of inconsideration to a sense of their duty, and prompt, at least, the local palliation of abuses, which can bo fully remedied only by that Government authority which gave their first unhal lowed impulse, and sanctions their disastrous con tinuance. Intending to address you again in a few days, I am, Sir, your=, &e., GORBUNIAN. A SHORT WEATHER, TABLE FOR THE BOROUGH OF BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) Jan. 15. Showers of sleet or snow, with wind. 16, 17, 18. Dull, with showers of sleet or snow, and intervals of frost. 19, 20, 21, 22. Keen frost. 23, 24. Showers of rain or sleet. 25. Showers of sleet, with intervals of frost. 26, 27. Keen frost, with :now. 28, 29, 30. Dull, with showers of sleet or snow, and intervals of frost. 31. Dull, with slight frost. Feb. 1, 2. Frosty, with snow. 3, 4, 5, 6. Showers. azl:l 7 9: ; B 4lHl2 p hE:t M I 11 1: ; s e I t N s l y : 4 y . O,L , slight flo w ssN i .n t p h osowhNo wle7jrtas : : 3h, witho d w lus e l i h s w; . , Ind sdutihi anradinhasznyd; 19th, dull and dirty.--ED. sun.] 9 1 1 6 0 t i c titW,; A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE PRINCIPLES Or PAO TECTION AND FREE TRADP.—If we are to judge by the r( ports of the meetings TRoiv being held in different parts of t::e country, the kind of protection most needed ut these assemblies is the etion tf the police, or self-protection of a decitlkd charect(r. That the Prc tectionists and Free-traders are determin e d on ma ki ng tight for their respective came, is quite evident. If the quea'on is t ) be fought out, the better way would be for a champion on each site to take up and put on the gloves, so that, after a fair contest, the combatants might remsin Land and glove on friendly terms for the future.—Punch. 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