The Sun. — London, England, 1840-02-06 00:00:00

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Her Majesty having commanded Lord Palmerston to express to General Sebastisni her especial desire that he should be present at her marriage, his Excellency has counter-ordered the preparations for his departure, which will not now take place before next Tuesday. Viscount Melbourne will give a full-dress dinner to a party of Peers on Monday next, the 10th inst., at his resi dence in South-street. The Duchess of Sutherland will have a very numerous assembly on Monday next, the 10th :nst., at Sutherland, House, in ho nour o f h er M a j es t y ' s nuptials. Lord John Russell will give a full dress dinner to a Ilrge party on Monday, the I0:h instant, at the Clarendon Hotel. The Earl of Minto will have a dinner party at his otficla residence in the Admiralty, on Monday next; and in the evening the. Countess of Minto will have an assembly. Tae Marquis of Normanhy will have a full dress dinner party at his residence in 11:11 -strict, on Monday, the 10th insthnt. The Augsburg Gazette of the 25th instant announces that Prince Paul Esterhazv, Austrian Ambassador to the English Court, will shortly arrive at Ashburnham House is order to be present at the Queen's marriage. It has been suggested that Monday should be kept as a general holiday; and that merchants and others should allow their clerks, &c,, to have a day of rejoicing on the occasion. FURTHER ARRANGtMENTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF PRINCE ALBERT AT WOOLWICH. In consequence of the state of her Majesty's dockyard it has been finally arranged that the illustrious Prince is to land at th e R oyal Arsenal, and the Royal yacht William and Mary, commanded by the captain superintendent of the port, Phipps Hamby, C.8.,R.N., was yesterday towed down the river to moorings off the main landing steps of the Arsenal, under the superintendence of her master, R. L. Hicks, Esq., RN. She has also taken her state barge with her out of store. The Royal Artillery will funish a captain's guard of honour, and a company of field battory Artillery will fire the salute to welcome him to the British shore and his high destiny, as well as on his de parture from the Royal Artillery Barracks. A dejeuner a la fourchette, on the most magnificent scale, is to be given to his Highness Prince Albert by the officers of the Royal Artillery. The Right Hon. Lieutenant-General Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.; G. C.B. G. C. 11., will preside, as Master- General of the Ordnance, supported by Lieut.-General Lord Bloomfield, G. C. 8., the commandant of the garri son. The utmost anxiety prevails in every quarter to procure tickets of admission to the Royal Arsenal to wit ness the debarkation. THE QUEEN'S APPROACHING MARRIAGE. The official announcement in the London Gazette on Tuesday evening, that the solemnization of her Majesty's marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha will take place on Monday next, the 10th inst., has set all classes on the qui vive of preparation for the proper cele bration of the auspicious day. There is no doubt it will be a general holyday throughout not only the metropolis, but also the whole country, as in most of the towns and villages demonstrations of rejoicing will be exhibited. In the city business will be suspended, and most of the shops will be shut up, which example will, no doubt, be folloe ed by the other portions of the metropolis. During Wedree. day the gas.fitters and other illuminati were engaged in making active preparations for the illumination which gill take place in the everting., which it is anticipated will be fully as general as on the late occasion of her Majesty's coronation. Already has scaffolding been erected at the Atheneeurn, the Senior United Service, and other Club houses at the west end of town, and devices for that purpose Lave also been placed against the houses of many of her Majesty's tradesmen and private individuals, the most pre valent of which are the Queen's and her intended illus tteious Consort's initials " V. and A." In many o , the meteopolitan parishes the charity children, and those be longiog to the other parochial schools, will be regaled with a substantial dinner, consisting of old English fare, and will drink the health of the illustrious bride and bride groom on the firing of the Park and Tower guns at the conclusion of the august ceremony. Should the weather permit, it is stated to be the intention that discharges of ' {fireworks shall be exhibited in the Parks in the evening. At Kensington, the birth-place and for years the resi dence of the illustrious bride, preparations of an extensive descripOon are in progress, the interest felt by the inhabi tants on the interesting occasion being heightened by the fact that her Majesty and her Royal Consort will pass through the town t!.‘e same afternoon, on their way from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle. Splendid ban ners, with appropriate mottos and inscriptions, will be ex-. hibited from the windows of the different houses; and it is intended to erect triumphal arches, under which the Royal cortege will pass, one at the entrance of the town, and another at the turn of the road near the church. In the evening the town will be very splendidly illuminated. tit Hammersmi'h, Chiswick, Brentford, and Hounslow, and, in fact, all along the line of road to Windsor, similar demonstrations of joy and affection will be exhibited; and at. Windsor a congratulatory address has been already pre pared, which will be presented to the illustrious bride nod bridegroom by the Mayor, the Members of the borough, and a deputation of the inhabitants. The poor will be provided with a substantial dinner. The mercers and drapers of the metropolis are on the alert in providing neckerchief's and ribands, with a great variety of devices adapted to the occasion of the royal marriage. The city abounds with beautiful spe cimens of white scarfs, handkerchiefs, and ribands, figured with the crown, the lover's knot, the rose, shamrock, and thistle, &c. Applications have, we understand, been eeatle to the Lord Mayor, to order a general illuntina ricer in the city on the day of the royal marriage ; but we believe that his Lordship will not interfere, and that the other authorities likewise contemplate an illumination as likely to lead to so much annoyance, and to be at tended with so great an expense, that the proposal eannahe adopted with propriety. Yesterday several of the Nobility and Gentry visited Messrs. Gunter's establishment to view the decorations of the wedding cakes prepared on the occasion of her Ma jesty's nuptials ; they are fourteen in number, ornamented the most chaste and elegant style, and afforded much gratification to the numerous visiters. BET? T'S PRINCE Al ZA*.• . : ,. . - .)..\. p.N.I NATURALL A BILL INTITULED AN ACT FOR THE NATURALIZA TION OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT OF SAX COBURG AND GOTHA. Whereas it bath pleased her Majesty moat graciously to declare her intention to any herself in marriage with the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha : and whereas a more grateful proof of the esteem and affec tinn of the kingdom cannot be given to his Serene Highness than by an Act of Naturalization to make him capable of enjoying the rights and liberties which are enjoyed in this realm. We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, Do most humbly beseech your Majesty, That it may be enacted ; and be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, when and so soon as he shall have taken the oaths of alle giance and supremacy before the Lord High Chancellor, which oaths the Lord High Chancellor is hereby author ized to administer, shall be to all intents and purposes whatsoever deemed, taken and esteemed to be a natura'- born subject of this Kingdom, as if his Highness had been born within this realm ; any law, statute, matter, or thing to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it enacted, that the Lord High Chancellor shall, immediately after such oaths shall have been taken before him, certify the same, and cause such cer tificate to be recorded in the High Court of Chancery. THE MARRIAGES OF KINGS AND QUEENS, AND THE ENTERTAINMENTS GIVEN TO THEM IN THE CITY OF LON DON. The following particulars have been extracted from the Guildhall Record : 1684.—The Princess Anne married to the brothrr of the King of Denmark. 1701, March B.—The Princess Anne of Denmark was proclaimed Queen on the death of William 111. March 19.—The Court of Aldermen resolved that her Majesty's picture should be set up in the Guildhall, and her statue in the Royal Exchange. March 24.—A Committee reported to the Court of Aldermen that they found that the pictures of King Charles 11., the Duke of York, afterwards King James 11., and of King William and Queen MAry, were paid for by the Chamberlain, by order of the Court of Aldermen, and that the statues of the Kings and Queens at the Exchange were set up by the Com panies, except those of King William and Queen Mary, which were set up by order of the Common Council, at the City's charge. 1702, May 19.—The said Court appointed Wm. Closterman to draw her Majesty's picture, and directed him to make a sketch thereof in a standing posture, to be viewed by the Court. June 2.—The Queen's picture to be drawn in the posture best pleasing to her Majesty. 1702, Oct. S.—The Court of Aldermen unanimously resolved that her Majesty be invited at the same time and place to dinner. They directed the Sheriffs to at tend her Majesty to know when and what place :he would please to appoint to be attended by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. And further ordered, upon the Court attending on the Queen, that after the Recorder has congratulated her Maj es ty upon h er return, he do humbly desire her Majesty, in the name of the City, to honour this City with her Royal presence at dinner, at the Guild hall, on Lord Mayor's Day next, and that afterward s the like invitation be made by them to his Royal Highness the P rince o f D enmark. 1702, Oct. 20.—The Court appointed a Committee to arrange the entertainment. Oct. 22.—Reference to them to consider of inviting the two Houses of Parliament. Oct. 23.—Report that, for want of room, they could not be treated with that honour and grandeur which was due to those great assemblies ; with which report the Court acquiesced. 1760, Oct. 2.5. King George the Second died, and King Qeorge the Third proclaimed on the follow- 28.—The Court of Common Council agreed to an address of condolence and co gratulation to his Majesty, and compliments to the Princess Dowager of Wales. 1761.—The Court of Common Council agreed to address his Majesty on his most happy marriage, and to congratulate the Princess Dowager of Wales upon the same occasion. Oct. 1. -- The Court of Common Council una nimously resolved to request his Majesty to honour them with his Royal presence at dinner in the Guild hall on the next Lord Mayor's Day, and appointed the Lord Mayor e l ec t, th e R ecor d er and Sheriffs, atteilled by the Remombrancer, to wait upon his Majesty, and humbly desire him, in the name of the Court, to ciot.stur them with his presence accordingly ; and if his Maj. sty should be graciously pleased to accept the same I;tat they humbly beg leave of his Majesty to wait upon his Royal Consort, their most gracious Queen, the Print ess Dowager of Wales, and the rest of the Royal and desire them to accompany him on that occasion. 1761, Oct. 3.—His Majesty having been pleased to accept the invitations, a Committee was appointed to conduct the same. The succeeding Sovereigns who honoured the citi zens with their company, after their accession, also ap pointed the Lord Mayor's Day for the entertainment, and no doubt is entertained that her Majesty upon be ing invited after her marriage will appoint the same (lay for her visit. A MODERN HERMIT. A very extraordinary circumstance has recently oc curred at Farnham, which has created a great sensa tion in that town and neighbourhood. Some brief particulars have already been made public, but the following statement may be relied upon : It appears that a short time ago a man in most miserable and emaciated condition was picked up by some labourers, in Moor Park, in an appa rently dying state, and he was conveyed to the work house at Farnham, where he died in about two hours, without being able to give any account of himself. From some incoherent exclamations which escaped him, however, it was considered right that a search should be made in an extensive cave, cele brated in this part of the country as having been in ancient times the residence of Mother Ludlam, a noted " witch," and from the appearances exhibited it seemed clear that the cave had been the unfortunate man's re sidence for a very considerable time. The bottom of the cave was strewed with fern, which constituted his bed, and upon searching the place minutely, a large portmanteau, carpet bag, and other articles, were dis covered. The portmanteau was found to contain frock and dress coats, a quantity of beautiful linen, ten pair of white and black silk stockings, and a very handsome accordion. A document was also found, which led to a communication to a person in London, who went down to Farnham, and recognised the deceased. Very little satisfactory information could, however, be ob tained respec.ing him, and the following particulars were all that cou!d be collected. The deceased's name, it appeared was William James Foot, and he was a native of Ashburton, in Devonshire. He had carried on the business of a tailor and a brewer in London, and amassed a considerable s um of money. Upon the death of his wife, which took place about twelve years ago, a very great change was observed in his manner, and a general impression prevailed among his friends that his mind was affected. The malady had latterly increased, and he was frequently heard to declare that he was John the Baptist, and Elijah the Prophet, that he was des tined by God to live and die in a cave like a wild beast, and dot he should do so the moment he could find a place suited for his purpose. About four years ago his friends lost sight of him, and they had reason to believe that 4s had been during that period wandering about the country, An inquest was subsequently held by Mr. fierily Woods, the Coroner for the western division of Surrey, but no person connected with the deceased came for ward to give any information respecting him. The fol lowing c4ditional facts were, however, ascertained : The landlord pf the Seven Stars Inn, Farnham, deposed that about the middle of the month of September in last yeai, the deceased came to the house and remained there several days, during which period he appeared quite rational, and he (the witness) had no sopicion that he was not in his right senses. Just be fore tee )eft the deceased told him that he had found a place that lie bad been in search of for many years, and shortly after this he rP ( . 3 uestcd that his luggage might be carried to a spot he directed in Moor Park, near the cave in question. He there paid the man who carried it, and stet him away. Witness saw no more of the deceased until he was found as above described ; and there was no doubt that daring the interval he had lived in the cave. After a full inquiry, the Jury returned a verdict of " Died by starvation." WINDSOR-WEDNESDAY EVENING. At a meeting of the Town-Council, which was held in the Town-ball, on Monday, it was' resolved that addresses of congratulation be presented from the Corporation to her Majesty and his Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, on the occasion of their marriage. The Address to the Queen was moved by Mr. Blunt and seconded by Mr. Jennings; tnd that to the Prince was moved by Mr. Clarke and seconded by Mr. Griffin. The Mayor was then requested to take the steps neces sari to ensure the presentation of the Addresses, as soon ak eter the Queen's return to the Castle as may accord with her Majesty's pleasure. A public meeting of the inhabitants had previously been held for a similar purpose, at which it was resolved, in addition to 20 address to the Queen, that a subscription should be opened to supply the poor with " suitable pro visions" on the day of the wedding, that a general ilium'. nation should take pace, that a public dinner should be held in the Town-hall, and that on the following evening there should be a ball. Tile illumination is expected to he as general as it has been on former occasions when the Court has been com plimented. The subscriptions to supply the poor with proviiona come in but slowly. It was expected, when the idea was started, that somewhere about 7001. or 8001. would have been oollected ; but the Committee, who have exerted themselves with praiseworthy industry, do not now expect that the sum which will be collected will exceed 300/. The dinner at the Town-hall is not expected to bt so well .Attended as was at first anticipated. It was calculated that between 200 and 300 would have been present; but, from some cause or other, a spirit of opposition has sprung up, and dinners will now take place to celeorate the happy event at all the principal inns in the town. It is expected that, upon this important occasion, her Majesty will present a couple of bucks from the Royal domain. The teetotallers intei:d to celebrate the auspicious event by a festival on the evening of the nuptial ceremony in the Public Rooms. The tables, it is announced, will be ar oinged for four o'clock, when tea arli4 coffee and bread and butter, ad libitum, and speeches efterwalas, pro bone pub lico, will be supplied for the small charge of 9d. each. THE ROYAL WEDDING CAKE. A select few have been gratified with a sight of the .Royal wedding cake at the apartments of the confectionery in St. James's Palace. This important piece of the appli ances of the Royal nuptials is the result of the labours and taste of Mr. John C. Mauditt, the yeoman confectioner of the Royal Household, and it does great credit to the skill of till artist. If it be not quite so elaborate in the deco rationo as if a professed modeller had been employed, there i s a simplicity and chasteness in the design of the orna mental parts well becoming the auspicious occasion, and highly to the credit of the yeoman confectioner. Of the ingredients of the cake itself it is impossible to speak from any experience of the taste ; but it is described as consisting of the most exquisite compounds of all the rich things with which the most expensive cakes can be composed, mingled and mixed together into delightful the most elaborate sci ence o f the con harmony by fectioner. This Royal cake weighs nearly three hun dred pounds weight. It is three yards in circumfer eine, and about fourteen inches in depth or thickness. It is covered with sugar of the purest white ; on the top INCENDIARISM.—Between ten and eleven is seem the figure of Britannia in the act of blessing the e ra i n ,Lr- s ( t i r o e u e b t i o'clock. on Saturday night last, a . fir d e h twas discovered in one of illustrioos bride and bridegroom, who arc dressed some what incongruously in the costume ot' oncient Rome. m ? o ral' yr entrance t n ra e n w c a e n t d o un th o e ccupi Central u E se x a chln G g next These figures are not quite a foot in _height .r ; at the feet whatever is or can be entertained that the fire was produced of his Serene Highness is the effigy of a C l O6, sa id to . (e- wilfully by some wicked incendiary. Fortunately it was dis covered before almost any mischief was done. Had the fire note fidelity • and at the feet of the Queen is a pair of turtle doves, ' denoting the felicities of the marriage state taken place at a later hour, the Central Exchange and adjacent A Cupid is writing in a volume expanded on his knees property might have been wholly destroyed. Between one and the date o f th e d a y o f t h e marr i a ge, and vs.rions other tw e o a o clock on Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in Mr. Cupids are sporting and enjoying themselves as sash intc- R niters ebYroskw er el ftl.: i s i srj. Armstrong and Co.'s lofts. The in Cowgate, between Mr. Crane, the fur appeared some em p t y not caught backs ad been placed near bouquets of white flowers tied with true lovers' knots of ' old. No other damage was white satin riband, intended for presents to the guests at the fire to sustained.— Tyne 211,e,cury. THE POOR. -Am on thg many feces of high-pressure Machinery which AMUSEMENTS og t ' to nuptial breakfast. This elegant emblun of the felici tie:t of roarria.e will be placed on the breakfast table of li isfilence, than ( lie ermad e still in activit t h e „luecn at'Bu e ki ng h ael P a l ace a t the br..al t fast which work to widen the breach between 'capital and labour, are n a a n " d t a O i sto su'cced the Cererroc,lea is the L;;;!Ipel Royal. 1 urr y ~,,,nn reyo . lation, there is none more widely its tnituwart; spreaing in y against ' 4n.triQus poor—the fashionable gis the amusements of the it,_ - "c'lv minute and petti. Uosition to enact against them oppres... ' - , ctices fogging laws, and to enforce upon men luibits foreign to their circumstances and associations, a" r. Meetings to etition the Queen in favouf of Frost have been held in Parrhead, Hamilton, Renfrew, and nearly every other town and viilage in the west of Scotland. THI4I SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1840. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. The ADDRESS of the DELEGATES assembled in MAN CHESTER, for the purpose of devising the lnist • means of procuring a FREE PARDON for FROST, WILLIAMS, and JONES. To the humane and justice-loving portion of the community of Great Britain and Ireland, the re spectful Address of the undersigned Delegates assembled at Manchester, on the 3d and •itin of February, 1840. What is life bui Liberty__ And what is Liberty but the fullest enjoyment of life ? FREEMEN You who have your liberty. We address you in plain and simple language. Our Most Gracious Sovereign has closed her ears against an appeal made by a faction for blood. She has pardoned Frost, \Whams, and Jones, as far as life is concerned, but they are to be transported for life if not saved by the due influence of reason expressed by the subjects to their monarch. The Monarch cannot act without a knowledge of her people's will, and we have therefore thought it prudent to ap- • point Monday, the 10th of February, as a day for givin, national counsel and advice to the Sovereign through the medium of public opinion. We have decided that public meetings shall be held in every district throughout the length and breadth of the land, and that the an nexed memorial shall be proposed for the consideration of each meeting. In furtherance of this object we most rigidly enjoin our fellow-labourers to lose sight of every personal feeling and angry thought upon the solemn occa sion, and to assemble with one only view—that of restor ing the prisoners to their families. We recommend that in every instance marshals should be appointed, whose duty it shall be to bring to justice any person or persons who shall dare to create disturbance, or otherwise frus trate the desired end. We recommend that the meet jags should commence at twelve o'clock at noon, and the business be exclusively confined to the moving, seconding, and bearing discussion upon the memorial, which, if carried, should be signed by the Chair man on behalf of the meeting, and forthwith transmitted to Lord Brougham for presenta tion to the Queen. We also request that Chair men of known character, courage, and discretion may be selected, whose duty it will be to preserve or der, and suppress any attempt to disturb the proceed ings. We beg to remind the people that one half of the exertion used for the restoration of the Dorehes or labourers would have prevented their transportation, and to express a hope that they have gained wisdom by experience. To the country we now commit the devinies of three men, who have not been convicted according to those laws, which as subjects, all are supposed to be bound to obey. (Signed) DELEGATES FOR William Thornton, Chairman Bradford Samuel Fletcher Peter Lyall James Mooney .. James More Thomas Knowles William Cooper James Leach Manchester Alexander Fraser South Shields Thomas Bolwell Samuel Allatt Joshua Lancaster George Black Jonathan Walton William Simpson James Taylor Ditto Thomas Eivsey Ditto Edward Charlton Newca3tle-upon-Tyrie, David Hitchin John Skevington Feargus O'Connor Michael Ratcliffe Thomas Cliff Halifax Peter Dvwliurst Patrick Holden Staley bridge William Dixon Wigan J.,bcz Barrowelough James Penny Liversege John Taylor, Secretary ...... ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WIF.r. M A NCHESTE R, MONDAY.—This morning, at the 130- , rough Court, a man named Gill was brought before D. Maude, Esq., the stipendiary magistrate, charged with an attempt to murder his own wife, to whom he had been married about fourteen years, but who for the last. five sears had been separated from him, owing to his ill usage. The prisoner had been to Africa during the last two years, it appears. and returned to Manchester about a fortnight ago. During this time be had sought and obtained repeated interviews with his wife, the object of which was to persuade her to let him live with her. She refused to do this, but offered to do all she could to maintain him if he would con tinue separate. On Friday evening last he called and repeated his persuasions, and was sitting alone with her at tea, when he suddenly seized hold of a claspknife, and, dragging his wife into a dark room used for coals, threw her down, and, after deliberately feeling about her neck for the jugular vein, drew the !mile across her throat, inflicting a wound about half ao inch deep and three inches long. He then left the houS'c and was going down the street, when some neigh bours, who had been alarmed by the cries of his wife, suspecting what was the matter, raised the hue and cry after him, and he was soon afterwards safely lodged in the keeping of the police. His wife was found wel tering in her blood where he had left her ; but, on the assistance of a surgeon being procured, it was discovered that the wound was not fatal, the lain having missed his object. The following are the particulars of what transpired in Court :—Mr. Saunders, of the firm of Birch and Saunders, attor neys, appeared to prosecute, and, having detailed the above facts, Mary Ann Gill, the prisoner's wife, was called into the witness-box and sworn. The unfor tunate woman appeared very weak from loss of blood, and, being much affected on seeing the prisoner, it was some time before she could proceed with her statement. After detailing the particulars, the prisoner put a num ber of questions to his wife, of which the only ones to the purpose were the following : Prisoner—Did not I ask you on Friday to be reconciled to me, and I would try to get work and assist you to keep my children ? Wife—You did. Prisoner—Did you not then fly into a passion, and use opprobrious epithets, saying I had borrowed another man's clothes? Wife—N o ; nothing of the kind. Mr. Maude—Had you said anything to the prisoner to make him angry ? Wife—No, Sir ;he appeared all the time unusually civil ; but I obsert ed that the muscles of his face worked very much. Pri soner—Did you not say that you had been obliged to prostitute yourself to keep a house over your head, and did not I feel as though the veins in my head had swollen to double their usual size, and I seized you, and said, " Then you shall die, you —, in your whore dom ?" Wife—Oh, dear, no. Mr. M.lude—Then you say nothing of the kind to him ? Wife—l told him, Sir, that he had tried to drive me to prostitution, and I would never live with him again. Prisoner—ad I not accuse you of improperly admitting. a man into the house ? Wife—Yes, but the accusation was unfounded. The prisoner said he was a murdered man, but did not attempt to deny that he had previously threatened to destroy his w;le. Mr. Boyer, surgeon, said he had dressed the wound in Mrs. Gill's throat, which was about half an inch deep and three inches !orig. In his opinion she had narrowly escaped death. The prisener was then committed to the Liverpool assizes for trial, charged with cutting with intent to murder. BDIUROWING MONEY on CHURCH RATES. The vestry clerk of St. Dunstan's in the Welt has put forth a mandate for the raising of a voluntary rate, by order of the select of this extraordinary parish : " The grounds„" he tells us, " which have compelled the vestry to resort to this plan are that, between 1816 and 1822, the parish borrowed large sums of money on annuities for the repairs of the old Church, and which, en tailed on the parish a burthen of 7001. a-year ; that for the last fifteen years this had been made up by a rate, called the old Church -rate, of Is. 6d. in the pound. These annuities had br.en secured by the bonds of the then Churchwardens and Overseers, and, until the last year, the rate had been collected without difficulty, ' when a decided resistance to the payment of it took place, and then Mr. Seeley, the churchwarden, found his way to Doctors'-commons for advice as to the legal enforcement of the rate ; and, after laying the case before Dr. Nichol!, was informed that the proper formalities not having been complied with when the annuities were originally granted, it would be impossible now to enforce a rate made for their payment. This decision plated the vestry in a serious dilemma, for either the honour and credit of the parish must be irretrievably forfeited, or those officers of the parish who, in 1821 and 1823, had affixed their names to the bonds must be left under the entire responsibility of the payment." —The borrowing such large sums for the repairs of the old church, and in five years afterwards procuring an Act of Parliament, is Prima facie evidence of one of those instances of parish jobbing that it requires no great stretch of imagination to see through. What were those requisite formalities? Why an Act of Parliament without which the 'Ware inhabitants of a parish are not liable to the debts incurred by their predecessors. If a man takes a house in a parish, he expects only to pay scot and lot for the current year, and finds sufficient ways for his money without contri buting to debts previously and illegally incurred. The document then proceeds to say that— " The vestry have been for months endeavouring to find a remedy for this difficult case. They have first set apart all the available property of the parish—(They have, have they ?)-__t o the satisfaction of these claims, and have made a rate of sixpence in the pound for the necessary expenses of the church, in order that that property—( All the avail able property of the parish)—might be so ai7pro priated. But there will still be needed a further sum of 2501. The Vestry have considered a va riety of plans, but none appears legally practica ble except by voluntary contribution. They tire, therefore, reduced to the necessity of asking the parish ioners [how the mighty are fallen 1] to subscribe volun tarily this amount !"—Which they tell us will be the means of "avoiding the disgrace, difficulty, and litigation which will otherwise become unavoidable." —New, it is quite clear, that if a rate to pay these annuities is illegal, the application of "all (or any part of) the available property of the parish to the satisfac tion of these claims" is equally so. What is the pro perty they allude to ? Why, first, the rental of the parochial estates, some centuries back bequeathed to the churchwardens for the time being, nut to pay ilk gal debts, but for the use of the poor, when no poor rates existed, and now ought to be applied in aid of the poor -rates ; secondly, the pew rents of the new church, which, by their own Act of Parliament (10 Geo, IV,, cap. 90), are to be applied in liquidation of any debt which might be incurred in building the new church ; and as they have contracted debts somewhere about 46,0001., for building that church, and now levy ano ther Church -rate, called the New Church-rate—lately of 2:s. in the pound, but now at rack-rent Is. 4d. in the pound—surely, those pew rent s oug h t to be applied in liquidati on of t hi s h ea vy impost, But Dr . n T4 opinion on the legality of this old Church-rate had been previously taken by the inhabitants, and he it was that first pronounced the rate illegal ; then " the decided resistance" to further payment took place, the inha bitants considering, in the first place, that charity begins at home, and, secondly, that this money having been lent upwards of twenty years back at the usurious rate of 12 per cent. on lives now in existence, they had re ceived back 2401. for every 1001. advanced ; and as they were not hound in law, neither ought they to he bound in honour to fulfil illegal contracts entered into before many of them became parishioners.—S u nd ay Times. OF -- SHIPWRECK "THE DUI E OF SUSSEX. (From the Sbipping Gazette.) " S'IIIOMNESS, JAN. 25, 1840. " During the List three days it has blown a complete hurricane from the N.W. to S.W. _ . " Last night, at eight o'clock e.se., the barque Duke of Sussex, from Newcastle for the Cape of Good live, in endeavouring to make the harbour, was driven on shore on the rocks to the westward of the old church, and has become a complete wreck. lam sorry to add that the master, mate, second mate, carpenter, and four of the crew, along with the master's wife, have mat a watery grave. The names of the sufferers are, J. Booth, master, and wife ; J. A. Morrison, mate, of Peterhead ; \V, Featherstone, second mate, of Piddleton ; Charles Ferguson, seaman, of Aberdeen ; James Monday, ap prentice, of Ramsgate ; John Merryman, apprentice, of Sunderland ; J. Blackey (or Blaikie), carpenter, of Sunderland ; Edwards (or Everard), a boy from Lymington. " The body of the master, that of his wife, and hoc of the first and second mates, and three of the crew have been found, and were decently interred at Stromness on the 28th iast. It would appear that the ill-fated vessel sailed from Widewater (Orkney) on the Thursday previous, and while ff C a p e Wrath, shipped a heavy sea which car ried away her companion, binnacles, and corn passe3, and otherwise so disabied her as to necessitate her re turn to Orkney. The helmsman was severely hurt by the sea having struck the vessel off Cape Wrath ; And, in consequence , of carpenters' chips having choked her pumps, she being a new vessel, she became so leaky as to necessitate her immediate return to Orkney. In bearing up . for Stromness she was, in consequence of the violence of the gale, which was blowing furiously from S.W. to N.W., driven on the rocks, and soon became a complete wreck." " STROMNESS, JAN. 28.--For the satisfaction of the relations of the unfortunate sufferers by the wreck of the Duke of Sussex, I beg to inform you that they were this day respectably interred. The funeral was attended by the Chief Magistrate, and also the most respectable people in the town, and the mournful pro cession, as it passed along from the Clergyman's house to the burial ground, had a very solemn and impressive afeet, this being the only instance within the memory of the oldest inhabitant where so many bodies were car ried at one time to the church-yard. The coffins of the captain and his wife were deposited side by side in the. same grave ; the mate and carpenter in the second ; the second mate and one of the seamen in the third ; and the two apprentices in the fourth.: The different vessels in the harbour had their colours hoisted half mast, and almost all their commanders attended their brother seamen to their last resting-place." EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF PAU PER CIIIEDREN IN METROPOLITAN Wotuanouses.—On Tuesday a special meeting of the directors of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras took place at the Workhouse (Mr. Horse pool in the Chair), for the purpose of receiving the report of a Committee appointed to examine, into the employment and mode of education of the pauper children, and to recom mend such remedies as might be thought proper. The re port set forth that the habit of letting out boys to vtork at cotton factories was productive of fatal effects both to their moral and physical habits, whilst, in a pecuniary point of view, it was inconsiderate, yielding advantages to none but the capitalist. The report then proceeded to recommend that this species of employment should be discontinued ; that a re sident schoolmaster be provided to instruct the children in the principles of religion, together with reading, writing, and arithmetic, in accordance with the system adopted by the National Snciety ; that extra lessons should be substituted for corporal punishment; and that a species of physical edu cation being considered essentially necessary to the forma !nation of a sound and healthy body, they also recom mend the introduction of gymnastic amusements ; that the employment of children of tender age in winding cotton, making hooks and eyes, and sorting bristles be discontinued ; and that those above ten years be taught the more useful trades, under competent masters, of tailors, shoemakers, carpenters, t g h o e o d m a o n r t e l plentiful juvenile o n sweet () i. air, ti Ie ropemakers, and hairdressers. The Report proceeds to urge calling Air. tr e u t p t o i n n g t h h a : B , o th a red Report r t t o w l e as t expense deter them from carrying out a attended with so many beneficial andre for to be presented to the Ves sat theiynlsedt stem i e p c p e e abundantsj s , nri which t aain , ,ci o n le: exercise sio idy cleanliness , i, b o en for dreadful collision took place ordered adopted u their at the next meeting, approbation. The Beard try then broke up. children—and Merchant steamer The London was going down the in t C he ° l L ti L ve l i s.l Ty N n . e — on ASaturda y afternoon last, near Friar's Goose. river from Newcas tle on her vo yage to London about t wo o'clock, and the brig Good Intent from Lynn, laden with flour, barley, Sze., was coming up towed by the s t eam -t ug M argaret, whenney came violently in contact with each other. The smoke k ' from Mr. Clapham's alkali w or k s and cinder ovens was s o dense at the time that we are inf orme d the crews could not se e each others' vessel. The Good Intent was struck on her larboard bow, and in a few minutes went down. The crew had jus t time to save their lives. The steamer rece i ve d on l y s l ight damage , and proceeded immediately on her voyage. There were upwards of 300 sacks of flour on board the Good Intent, t w o thousand pound s . Th e case will probably have to and we un derstand the value o f her cargo altogether is b e t ween come on beforeeand a jury for decision. As in all such disasters, the e—vidence ne Me to as ury. who are to blam e i s exceedingly contradictory. Tyrc indisposed at Marston House, the seat of Lord We regret to learn that the Countess of Cork is Ladyship as having taken place on Wednesday theGv with laid Glasgow, Qlll'bre"fal'rli n,t delegatesl' course meeting o f (Ciaonrgke,rn°euasrlYFrome. A local paper erroneously announced the °lafstli;erbut up to a late hour last evening no such intel ligence had reached residence of his Lordship in Hamilton place.(el'e' emniisneg the ,A iior ~., , George meeting having bfmf a i e,it r , d .e i laoui , e tinm t ,r ' it, s l , : :: e cirib,:ih, c ):aeNo h :‘, :I a aea6 i se r b( t) . ya VOVEM The weekly meet ingCof"thße T D i ir S e T cto ' rs of the E U N ni T ve .— rsal Suffrage Association, PEl4.efdrtAeoiltiocohOlafimt,tir.pgd correct, and Mr. Ross authorised shops, and factories, was held at t h e Hall, College Open, upon Tuesday night. , 01:1 theslen minutes atm,,eosp le :aidt o i f ob, i the esetio, p ta r il e t - e: p t p h o e in S te e d cr t e o ta a r u y i , ii ll t l t r i . ,e lf is 1 1 Queen in behalf of Frost, Williams, and Jones. He stated that in the e males, xp e n a s n e ( s l 70, only y 6 amountedto t that fro t n , a , t l o eull : n •e cti c :l C:i t a o‘ • i e lit; t ic h deh e . money from the Treasurer of the Frost Defimce Fund, HORRIBLE CRIME. A very curious case engages at present the Courts of Criminal Justice in Paris. A lady connected with the first families in France has just been committed to prison, charged with the murder of her husband. The circumstances of the case are these :—Her husband, a few weeks since, had occasion to go to a distant province on business of importance. During his absence he cor responded with his wife, and received frequently most affectionate letters from her. The warmth of her co respondence seemed to increase with the pr - longed absence of her husband, and from simple tenderness it reached by degrees the highest point of romance. She wished to know how he spent every mo ment in the day, in order that she might conform as much as possible to his habits, and she requested that he might breakfast, dine, and sup, at fixed hours it being her wish in imagination to sit down to tattle with him, and enjoy in idea the pleasures of their domestic board. She next tent him half a biscuit, which she slid was made by her, and requested him to cat it at the the same hour when she proposed to consume the por tion remaining in her hands. The poor husband, de lighted with these marks of fetidness, overlooked the childishness of the request, and first conforming himself to the hour prescribed, finished by eating the half bis cuit which she so earnestly recommended to his taste. Two hours after the biscuit was eaten the poor hip -band was seized with violent pain, and in the course of the afternoon he died in the most dreadful tor ture. The medical men declared that he was poi soned, and by order of the next Magistrate the body was opened, and arsenic distinctly recognised to have been administered. The servants of the house where he lodged were examined, the cook ing vessels tested, in short, everything was done without affording the least clue. The Magistrate next took possession of his papers, and on reading them the letter relative to the biscuit was found. Suspicion in stantly arose against the wife, and a communication being made to Paris, the police paid a visit to her hotel, and examined every part of the establishment. • In one of the drawers of her dressing-room, a paper with arsenic was found—the possession of which she could in no other way account for, than by alleging that she was in the habit of using it for the destruction of rats. This answer not being deemed satisfactory, an inquiry was made into the kind of life she had led during the a b sce lep of her husband, and then it appeared that she head formed a connexion with a young man of lower sta tion in life, to whom she at length admitted she was violently :attached. Under all these ei:cumstances, the police have thought it proper to arrest and commit her nrison for trial. ..:A....... GREA'II ANTI-CORN-LAW MEET ING IN THE CITY. A Meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, and Traders of the City of London, was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, at two o'clock, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament for some alteration in the existin g Corn-la ws . The Right Hon. Slr CHAPMAN MARSHALL, Lord Mayor, in the Chair. Previous to his Lordship taking the Ch a i r , th ere were l ou d cries of " Adjou rn t o t h e hall." In consequence of which, Sir MATTHEW WOOD came forward and said that he had suggested the propriety of their being admitted early to the Chamber for the purpose of ascertaining if it would contain their numbers. At present he understood that the Chamber was not over •crovrded. —( Loud cries of " Yes, yes !" " Hall, hall !") There was no hustings in the Hall, and if they adjourned there it was not likely that they would be able to hear the proceedings, at least only a small portion of them. If the meeting should become extremely and incon veniently over crowded, they might then adjourn to the Hall. The Loan Mayon then took the Chair. His Lordship asked if it was their wish to adjourn to the -Hall ?—( Cries of "'No, no.")—Having received a requisition most numerously signed by the me rc h an t s , b an k ers, and tradesmen of the City of London, he had felt great pleasure in calling this meeting— ( Cheers) —and he trusted that they would give every gentleman a patient hearing; and if any person present wished to bring forward any resolution in opposition to those about to be pro posed by the requisitionists, he trusted they would grant him a patient hearing. —( Cheers. ) Mr. JOHN lIORSLEY PALMER apologised for presenting himself, to bring forward the first resolution. He had hoped that some member of the commercial com munity of more influence than himself would have brought forward this important question.—( Loud cries of "Adjourn to the Hall.") The LOUD MAYOR said he would take a show of hands on the question of adjournment. His Lordship then put the ques tion, which was carried against the adjournment. Mr. PALMER then proposed the first resolution, which was that the present system of Corn-laws are a peculiar and serious evil. The present system of Corn-laws was liable to several objec tions. It was exceedingly uncertain; at one time admitting Corn without any duty, and at another, inflicting a prohibition on the importation. Thus giving rise to dangerous speculation. Great c re dit was d ue to the requisitionists for abstaining from party feeling. It was a subject in which all were Vitally inte rested—agriculturists, commercial men, and manufacturers. The agriculturists might believe it was for their interess to uphold these laws, but he was convinced that such was not the case, because laws which affected all other classes so prejudi cially must affect them.—(Cheers.) A petition would be pre sented to Parliament founded on these resolutions, but did not pretend to point out a remedy leaving that to the wisdom of Parliament to decide. Some were for a total prohibition of the importation of Corn, others were for a free importation, and others were for a fixed duty. This resolution did not point out any particular measure of relief, but merely stated the evils re sulting from the present Corn-laws leaving Pa r li amen t to decide th e ques ti on a f ter g i v i ng the subject proper consideration.. He asserted that these laws affected the agricultural, the com mercial, and the manufacturing interests. It affected the agricultural interest in this form, it was a prohibition at 605., and it was a free admission at 735.—(Hear, hear.) It was that small difference which increased speculation to a degree inconvenient to all parties embarked in the trade of corn. 0.1 that ground these laws were prejudicial to the agriculturists. So far as the commercial interests were concerned, it was a crying and serious evil ; they were precluded at any price but the highest of all from having any communication with the Continent and America, because we could not take their pro duce for our manufactures. —( Cheers.) They had seen the German League advance year after year since 1831; they had seen them arrive at that point, that, unless they could make concessions to them, they might increase the restrictive power of the League. They 'had offered fairly to meet this question, and to admit upon fair terms the introduction of Brit:sit manufactures, if this country would only receive front them that which they offered in payment—( Hear.) That was a question for Parliament, and he trusted it would meet with their attention.__( Cheers.) There was another point on which he wished to speak particularly—it was a most serious . and important que s ti on —h e alluded' to the c urrency o f t h e country.—(Cheers.) He spoke upon this point with a firm belief that a large portion of the . inconvenience which had been sustained in past years had arisen from this cause.— ( Cheers.) He by no means meant to maintain that the im portation of corn, of itself, called (or the exportation of gold and silver to that extent, but it caused large foreign payments, and these payments, if not made i#t the manufactures of the country, must be made in the precious metals.--( Hear, hear. ) The s ‘ reat inconvenience of the laat year was the enormous corn importation, and other causes, which ra i se d a quest i on whether thi s coun t ry was able to car ry through its specie pay ments—( Cries of " Adjourn to the Hall)—though he did tint think the currency was always affected by the importa tion of corn, yet at times it did.—( Here a per son in the crowd said he roe , • to order. He should moved the adjournment to the Hall. The greatest confusion and tumult here took place. He (Mr. Palmer) would not take up the time of the meeting further as other gentlemen had to ad dress them, but conclude by moving the resolution which he had read.—(Cries here resounded from several parts of the meeting " Ryon are honest men you will adjourn to the Hall.') The Loan Ma Yon. then said that it had been reported to him by their worthy , representative, Sir M. Wood, that th ere were hund re d s outside who could not gain admittance, and he should, therefore, most gladly adjourn to the Hall. The meeting, after considerable confusion, adjourned to tl.e Hall, and no preparations having been made there, it was with the greatest difficulty that we could gain access to the platform, the Hall in a few minutes being. densely crowded. The Loan MAYOR having resumed the chair, Mr. LARPENT, in seconding the resolution, said he regretted the alteration that had occurred in the place of meeting, as it prevented their hearing the excellent address of his friend Mr. Horsley Palmer. He had heard before that the present question had nothing to do with party pelitics, and in proof of it he, although differing in politics from his esteemed friend Mr. Palmer, had taken the earliest opportunity of coming forward. Fifteen years ago he had stood before the m on a s i m il ar occasion. He had said he was right then, and he was right now. The Corn-laws were most pernicious to the best interests of the country, which being the case, he stood there as an advocate for their alteration, and he trusted that the discussion would he conducted with temper and firmness on their parts. WI ether they considered the effect of these laws as lowering the price of wages--whether they considered them as interfering with their competition with the Continental manufacturers —whethe r they considered them as affecting the comforts of the poor, whose chief food was bread —or whether they considered them as crippling the commer c ial interests of th o coun t ry , an d interfering with their legitimate trade with their nearest neighbours, and compelling them to go to more distant an uncertain market s — or w h e th er t h ey regarded them as deranging the monetary system of the country as had been observed by his friend Mr. Palmer, they were equally injurious to the best interests of the country. —( Cheers.) He did not stand there as a merchant against the agriculturist, for he belved the interests of agriculture and commerce were the same.A-( Hear, and cheers.) As he found it impossible to make himself heard by a large body o f those in the remote part of the_ hall, he would conclude by seconding the resolu tion.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. SAMUEL WELLS said he came forward as the friend Those who had signed th e requi of the poor man. sition for the present meeting were sufficiently wealthy and respectable and powerful to take care of them selves, but the poor man, alas ! had very few advocates. He thought there was something in the getting up of the present meeting which reminded him of the strolliugplayers who announced the play of Hamlet, with the part of the Prince omitted.—(oh and uproar.) Why had they Corn laws ? What was the necessity ? It was because they hail 800 millions of debt, added to 50 millions of taxation.—(oh, cheers, and much uproar.) Would they not hear one word about the debt and the taxes ?—(Cries of " No," and " Off.") He dared to say that many of the gentlemen on the platform were corn dealers. —(Laughter, cheers, hisses, and uproar. ) Why did they ask for the repeal of the Corn-laws ? Would they pledge themselves to encrease the poor man's wages?— (Cries of " Yes.") Would they take less from the bones and sinews of the factory children ?_( Uproar.) Could they send goods to the Continent, while the Prussian League existed—a league which was founded on the ordonnances of Napoleon ? Could they compete with manufacturers whose loaf cost only 5d., while theirs cost lod. ? he rich were rich enough already. What he wanted was to sea the poor richer ( Cheers.) If he could get a pledge that the labourers' wages would be increased by the repeal of the Corn-laws he should vote for the resolution, but he could not get that.—( Uproar. ) Their trade was every day diminishing —their commerce was destroyed by the French, by their blockade of Buenos Ayres and Mexico, and the recent possession of Algiers.--( Laughter.) He thought the abolition of the Corn-laws would destroy the home consumption.—(Loud laughter, and cries af " Off," " Have done with your nonsense, Sam.") It would empty their mansion -houses, and send their labourers into the bastiles of the country.—( Uproar.) Having faithfully discharged his duty, he would be contented, and would now read the resolu tion, which he believed he had done his duty in proposing, whether it was carried or not. The resolution was—" That while the National Debt remained at 800,000,0001., and the taxation at 50,000,0001. annually for the maintenance of the Government, and the payment of the interest, the repeal of the Corn-laws would but ruin the agriculturists."—( Laugh ter, and cries of " No, no.") The Loan MAYOR inquired for a seconder. Mr. War,r.s said he had asked no one to second him. There was a pause of •ome minutes, filled with laughter and divers liumourous exclamations. A t length au unknown in dividual volunteered as seconder, whereupon IVI•Laon presented himself to themeeting, and said the mover of t he amendment had declared himself the friend of the poor, while he had come forward to oppose the repeal of the Corn-laws, in defence of the agiculturists.—(Cheers. ) Now, as a working-man himself, for he lived by his labour, he had long ardently struggled for the abolition of the grinding mono poly of the Corn-laws.—(Cheers.) And he wondered that a man should have the effrontery to come forward, and before a public body, avow himself the friend of the poor, at the same time that he admitted himelf friendly to the Corn-la.vs.— ( Cheers.) The Corn-laws paralysed industry, and depressed commerce, and thus their effect was to ruin and degrade the poor.—(Loud cheers.) The result of the repeal of the Corn-laws would be, if not to give the labourers better pay, to enable them to procure more bread for their money —(Cheers.) Unless the Corn-laws were repealed, he feared that property would not be so much respected as it ought to be. But he trusted that the people, whatever their poverty, would always remember that no good measures could be attained ex cept in perfect obedience to the laws.—(Cheers.) At the same time, let them, under the guidance of men of station and independence, endeavour, by all constitutional means, to obtain the abolition of the gress imposition of the Corn-laws.— (Cheers.) Apologizing to th e meetingfor having intruded himself upon their attention, Mr. M'Leod sat down amidst considerable cheering. The amendment was then put, and almost universally re jected. The original resolution was th en d e cla r ed to have been carried. —.—. Mr. .1. DiLooN came forward to move the next resolution. He said that the gentleman who had moved the amendment to the first resolution observed that they had Hamlet without the Prince. He supposed it was that gentleman's first appearance at a short notice in the character he had assumed. That gentleman had also declared that he was a friend of the poor. Now he (Mr. Dillon) (lid not wish to consider the question merely as a friend of either the rich or of the poor, of the agricultural interests or of the commercial interests, but as a friend to truth, to justice, • and to his country.—( Cheers.) He could not try such great questions on so small a scale. The object of the meeting i tLt_s t to inquire into the expediency of a lterin g th e present Corn laws. There were three ways of d oin g so— they ;night have a graduated duty, or secondly, a fixed duty, or they mi abolish the Corn-laws altogether—( Loud eheers)—an' et a_dilt s blish free trade in corn.—(Renewed cheer s .) In a like that it would be abs urd to en ter into any abstract Place of the evils of the Corn-laws. They were enormous glyatprese l .;:; wished to show that they applied far more sttrhoon at of )refircumstances than they ever did before. Let them look wind peace, the country was in—they were in a state I nl T lght have its and had been o for many years. But' peace arts o h f e ‘ Y v dangers and inconveniences as well 2 --s , a h r a , d la u l t o i ‘ n v to contend with other nations, not in the the arts of peace. He believed that they Were Il l e Moatn dustrious and intel li g en t among the nations i irtgre us 0 the earth tui d they might be in peace a still had been in times of war. . 411 0. U 5 nation than they Bngland miglat still be By 6 cultivating the arts of peace ~ Great, gl or i ous, and free." Si 14] N "'NG E ;. r I() They had almost all the nations of the earth arrayed in peaceful competitniodnu,atgavy.inssktiltih,eumud. in g;h h e e y m h a a n d u r fa iv e a tu ls ve in s e tl f ie e i t r h p e r v os p i e )e n t i l l t e y . , in n he ti er had i -behind them an wisdom and liberality in their laws, c ould g immense istn population in want d of all the means of subsistence. but extreme care, an commercial interests, and while thelw (Cheers.) Men might talk of now t save them agricultural disputingin interests and h t e . se , matters, they might, like the Indiayn conqut-or ee sbe oi t i re t dden under foot by the elephants in their own rear.—(Hear hear.) Every man in this country had an interest in having its com merce extended with oth er nations, and they could not hope for that, unless they took th e corn of these countries in return, to enlarge their commerce with them. Landlords and farmers might talk after dinner in support of the Corn-laws, but there was a voice more powerful than that of farmers after dinner, and that was the cry of men Who had no dinner at all. —( Loud cheers.) The legislation of past times was for the purpose not of keeping up a steady price, but of a steady dear price ; and dearly did the agriculturists pay for that ; for the Act of 1815 (Hear, hear) which was intended to keep up a steady dear price, failed in its object, and all they did was in scarce years to starve the people, and in dear years to ruin the farmer.---( Hear, hear.) What the country wanted was, what the landlords professed to want, a steady equable price. He spoke in the presence of bankers and r i merchants, and he would as k t h em as commerc i a l men , whether there was any mode so effectual for obtaining steadiness of prices as extending the surface of the market, and procuring grain from other countries when wanted ?—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the graduated scale, he would not enter into any detailed arguments on that plan, for be thought it most obnoxious, and it would make the business of .a Merchant a gambling concern.—( Hear, hear.) There were many different opinions entertained as to the measures which ought to be pur-. sued on this subject. Twenty p ersons cou ld not mee t w ith ou t entertaining different opinions.. They had now met in that Hall to agree on the remedies to be applied to the grievance which they all deplored. The course proposed to be adopted, and which he thought the meeting would be of opinion was a prudent course, was only to determine that they required a remedy, and to leave it to the wisdom of Par liament to suggest onc.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He was an advocate for free trade in the fullest sense of the word.— (Cheers.) But he was not an advocate for the immediate re vocation of long-established laws in a mixed state of society, , where various and conflicting interests were involved, and con tracts had been entered into. He thought as was done with respect to the abolition of slavery, that means should be taken to protect the interests of innocent parties, and to prevent them being exposed to ruin and loss for the good of the community. He hoped that some means would be devised for a small fixed duty—(Cries of "No, no"), to expire as soon as possible.-- (Cheers.) An attempt ought.to be made to unite the various and conflicting interests of this country, and to make it great, prosperous, and free. It should not be forgotten that there was a great debt to struggle against, unparalleled in the history of the world, and which as honest men, they were bound to pay —or to try to pay.—(Hear, and laughter.) The only means of paying off that debt was for every good citizen to join in one laborious and industrious effort to perform their public and pri vate duties, and it was the duty of the Government, improving as the people were in knowledge and intelligence, to make laws and institutions suitable to the age in which we lived.—(Heer.) He begged therefore to move— " That the increased and increasing population of this coun try, and the competition of foreign countries wish our manufac tures and commerce, rendered it necessrry that Parliament should take into its immediate consideration an alteration of the existing Corn-laws."—(Cheers.) SAMSON RICARDO, Esq. seconded the resolution. He should only weaken the effect of what the Gentleman who moved the resolution load said, and therefore he begged to leave to other gentlemen better qualified the discussion of this subject.—( Hear, hear.) A Mr. ATKINSON begged to move an amendment. It would be in the knowledge of a great many present that two or three years ago a Commission was issued to investigate the causes of the distressed state of the hand-loom weavers. The Commissioners had given a full and clear exposition of what ought to be done. The Corn-laws formed one of the questions which had come under their notice in their inquiries. The Currency was another. The effect of competition by means 1 of machinery w as ano th er . The hand-loom weavers at a public meeting had requested him (Mr. A.) to undertake their cause. In the course of their examination that commission had taken evidence of the highest class, that of Smith, Ri car d o , an d IPCulloch, and only one of these authorities had ventured to bring the great question of changing the home trade to a foreign one on a solid basis--(Uproar and cries of " Questio.,") —upon which the speaker concluded by moving the following resolutions : " I.—That this meeting acknowledges and deplores the de pressed and impoverished condition of a great portion of the labouring population of the country. " 2.—That this condition is affected, in a most material de gree, by the laws which are enacted for the purpose of directing or controlling the operations of trade. " 3.—That of all .the laws which have been framed by the Legislature, the most influential in their effects on the physical condition of the community, are those which have been affixed to the great agricultural production of corn. - • " 4.—That it is the opinion of this meeting that the persons who are interested in this vast source of home production have no greater claim to production, and have no right to the enjoy ment of privilege beyoni that which appertains to the possessors of every other kind of national property. " s.—That the existing national emergency, together with the peculiar state of the commercial and manufacturing indus try of fore:go countries, render it a matter of paramount im portance that the policy of the Corn-laws, as well as the policy of all other laws which have been enacted for the purpose of commercial protection, should undergo a prompt and a most searching investigation. " 6.—That as the result of such investigation must he fa vourable either to the principle of commercial freedom, on the one hand, or to the principle of commercial regulation on the other, so, whichever it may be proved is the true principle, the operation of that ought forthwith to be adopted, without excep tion or partiality, to the various interests of the State. 7.—That in thus statisg opinions and wishes, this meeting desires to express most emphatically, that it has in view, in the first place, the good of those members of the community whose condition is so lamentably depressed. That its object is net to render the rich more affluent, but to raise the poor and de s tit u t e to a participation in those advantag es which a gracious and benevolent Creator has ordained for the benefit of all mankind. " Lastly.—That two petitions be drawn up in accordance with the above resolutions, for the purpose of b e i ng present e d 'to Parliament. That th e Duke of Wellington be requested to present one to the House of Lords, and that the Members for the City of London be requested to present the other to the: House of Commons." mous wealth and power, and take their place amongst thel rulers.—(Hear.) But for these laws many of those nos would have remained miserable cotton spinners for life.__ (Cheers and laughter.) He believed any tax upon foad to be most mischievous and impolitic ; and that opinion, he was happy to say, was daily gaining ground amorg't them.—( Cheers.) There were many landed proprietors WOO might . be supposed to have contrary opinions, who had declared their wish to have the Corn-laws repealed. They had sub mitted that:one class could not thrive upon the grievances and injustice inflicted upon the other.—( Cheers. ) He believesi that their repts would be more regtdaily paid, and that the is.- terests of all classes would be better attended to, on the prin ciple, that Whatever contributed to the happiness and pros perity of the nation at large, must be• beneficial to them in dividually. Many supposed that, to effect an alteration in the Corn-laws, would be an encroachment on the rights of pro perty. But he would like to ask the landowners who argued thus, whether they were not aware that a great depression had fallen upon property of every sort, at the termination of the war ? Had not the East and West India monopolies been abolished ?—( Hear, hear.) Were not manufacturers, and shop keepers, and merchants, and all classes suffering from depres sion, an d d r i ven to then. wits' ends t o ma k e any pro fit a t all ? The population had, since the pres,nt Corn-laws vi . ere e,ta lr-b bed, inereas e d by, some millions:, but the laud which was to maintain them e arillov not above il k _ u iT supply, It was 2 17 e. —( ilear grseir ' growing* more hear.) rr re and mo re above 'The alreadyi above the supply every. day Our neighbours abroad would gladly make up the deficiency if they were permitted to do so. —(lleas., hear.) If from America or Europe corn were sent to this country, our labour and skill would find a market in re-. turn—(Cheers) ( v i e es t t io i t n u i t le z n i t. '' which e i o l s .e l d va t i i h e e d i s n up t h p e ol c a . —and th us t h e evil would be prevented, which otherwise must ari se f rom corn repeatedly arriving at " star eursidorfyi, made converts t o t h e cause of repeal (Hear, hear.) He h u e le C y o , r , n o - u l i a d w s •s u s r e e e ly th b e e feared this country Was now upon the brink of a frightful preci pice, at all events we were on the ere of a great crisis. The want of food, let it never be forgotten, led to many crimes. —( Hear, hear.) It was the parent even of revolution.—(Hear, hear.) Let the landowners take warning in,time. He prayed to Heaven that thus the peace of the country might be pre servf, and a proper remedy appli e d to this growing evil. In conclusion he moved a petition to Parliament founded on these resolutions.—( Cheers. ) A person named FARIIEN here tried to move an amendment which it was found was the Chartist one previously negatived, so he was utterly extinguished by overwhelming noise. Mr. HEATH seconded the resolution. Mr. Fa nil , . a then retired, having been told by the Lord Mayor that he could not put his amendment, as it had already been negatived under a different form by the meeting. Mr. MITCHELL thereproceeded to move an amendment to the resolution, but he spoke amidst such uninterrupted uproar ' that two consecutive sentences did uot reach us. We under- , stood him to say that a total abolition of the Corn-laws i Was the only means of benefiting the working classes.—(Cries , of " Down.") He would move that every man should hare l a quartern loaf—that every man in the country should have a. good day's pay for a good day's labour.--( The storm of hisses I was here almost deafening.) He would ask them if they weri. i Englishmen, or a fleck of brutes ?—( Laughter and renewsei confusion.) He heard it said that it was idle for him to ad- dress the meeting, and that he would not be reported in the newspapers.—( Uproar.) He should be heard, however, or else he would keep them there till evening. After a faw more ram bli ng o b servat i ons, an d l ou d cr i es of i " Off, off," he concluded by moving a resolution which nobody I seconded, and which therefore fell to the ground. f Mr. TRAVERS then moved that Sir Matthew Wood be re- ; - queaed to present th e pet i t i on, and that those Members of Parliament connected with the Corporation be requested to support it. The motion having been seconded, it was carried unani- i mously. Mr. Gaon: moved that the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the Right Hon. Sir Chapman Marshall, Lotd Mayor, for his readiness to convene the meeting, and his abi lity in "presiding over it..—(Cheers.) He was quite sure 'hat the meeting would bear testimony to the liberality a•'d the good feeling with which the Chief Magistrate had discharged his duty that day —( Cheers.) He (Mr. Grote) was certain ri that there would be perfect unanimity on that point, and he re jo;ccd to think there had been almast perfi et unanimity with regard to the object for which that meeting was convened. Hc, could have no hesitation in expressing his utter disapprobatfixt of the existing Corn-laws.—( Hear, hear, and cheering. : As to the mode of the alteratisn, he would not enter into that it th e e m L n Legislature gi t withinur e thetl scope mane, ) r f 4 . in which this was to be effected. He, for one, was for a total j 1 th iz e es p ti r o e n se n n o t w n — tee h t e in d g i( t i o n P it re c s o c n ri s b id e e t r o , repeal.—(Loud cheers.) Other gentlemen were not pre pared to no to that length—he was rot the less obliged to ; them - for their support, as he was convinced that an alteration would be a measure of general utility to the country._ 1 (Cheers.) One of the resolutions called upon the Members fur the City to sup i port the prayer of the petition. They might rest assured that their instructions should be faithfully and I literally executed—(Great cheering)—and when be saw such 1 Ia numerous and respectable meeting as the present as- i sembleci together to discuss thi s ques ti on , he rej o iced i that he had been one who had t a k en part in th e i I discussion of this question during the last Session 1 of Parliament, and had done hi s b es t t o o bt a i n for them th e j benefit of this repeal. He believed that the existing Corn- ! laws were detrimental not to one class of the community l alone, but all, without exception, were suffering pain from it.—(Cheers) But it there was one portion of the country I • which mere than another suffered fenn the existence of those laws, it was th e c it y o f L on d on with its industrious and mime- ' roue popul a ti on —( Cheers)—ins mercantile interests and its 1 mercantile capital.--(Cheers.) The existin g Corn-laws, first and foremast ; interfered in the most marked manner with tie, comfort and well-being of the working classes of the country. —(Cheers.) In that conviction he was opposed to them. M r . Webs, in the course of his observations that day. had, :aid that the rich were already rich enough, and he did net i wish to make them richer. He would revetse that propositie.„. and say that. the peor were already poor enough, and he di", not wish to make them poerer.—( Loud cheering. ) The laws did make th em poorer, an d therefore he we; oppos„.ed to there. These laws itiflicted two evils, either of which ! singly was sufficient to produce great evil ; hut, 'teeth together, I produced a gigantic evil that was alme e t intolerable, I Li the first place they inereeseet greatly the ' ! trice of the daily i fioil of the working mail, and in the neat place they increased j t: e fluctuations in that price —(Cheer?.) He had listened j with great delight to the observations of Mr. Horsley Palmer as to the misehievon, effects produced on the currency and trade i of the country ; such testimony was valuebie, acd mid not faik to receive attention from the Legislature. While he lead preeLcted in the debate of iiiet year that these evils would ar i se , • be had hardy expected to see his predictions so spee , 7 e ly ful fdle-e. He ascribed a large portion of the evils tur:ier which the currency and commerce of the country was nov suffering to the existence of the Co. n-laws, and he felt assured that if what they had suffered within the last twelve nuone'ns did not call the attention of the Legislature too the subject, and if some altera tion were not made in (towel 'wilco, s i m il ar di stress wou ld be , again the result. He cou ld assure than e that his best off ees' should be given in Parlient to obtai n the object of the meet- ' ing, an alteration of the Corn-lawe, and the nearer that alters- tion was carried to a total repe a l, the more would it meet the ' ) object of his wishes.—( Cheers.) Mr. CRAW FO RD then came forward, and was received with i loud appl ause . Il e sa id th e p l eas i ng duty had devolved on him of seconding the motion of his Hon. Colleague. Any gen- ' tleman who had attended the meetin g that day, must have seen how largely they were indebted to the Lord Mayor for his - attention. He would take that opport un ity of express.l ing his entire concurrence in the character of the petition, which be thought calculated to obtain the grand object; whiten i they had in view. He had been directed to give that object hi s i best attention, and his constituents might rest assured Ora h e . would do so. Mr. HERRING, of Aldersgate Ward, seconded the amend, ment. Mr. TRAVERS said he only rose to give the Meeting a word of caution, which was not to permit their attention to be di verted from the object of the meeting by amendments, which he looked upon as an insidious movement on the part of the enemy.—( Cheers.) The real object of the meeting was to bring the consideration of the Corn-laws before Parliament in an effectual and proper manner. Men of the most dif ferent political opinions had joined together to bring forward this subject, and it was better that the attention of Parlia ment should be directed to it in a discreet rather than in a vio lent manner. Parliament would be more inclined to listen to them, and to grant them a more effectual remedy. He thought it best to give them this caution. No one' who knew him, could doubt his sympathy for the working classes, but he thought the better way of bringing this matter under the consideration of Parliament, was to acquiesce in the resolutions which these gentlemen had proposed ; but he warned them to beware of any insidious attempts which might be made to draw off their attention by the proposing of any amendments, to none of which he hoped they would agree. As he should have to address them on another resolution, he would not now exhaustlimself by addressing them at greater length. Mr. GOULDING then came forward, and said he rose not for the purpose altogether of opposing the resolution which had been proposed, but of proposing an addition to it. The working men ought to be perfectly well aware that a repeal of the Corn-laws would not work those miracles which the Corn law League would lead them to believe.—(Uproar and cheers, with loud cries of " A Chartist, a Chartist.") One great ar gument in all the speeches they. had heard was, that the speakers wished to benefit the working classes—(Cheers) — but it would not benefit them to give a small taste of victuals ouly—(Cheers)—but they must fill their belly constantly with good and wholesome food.—( Cheers and uproar.) It was not a shadow only that would benefit them.--(Cheers and uproar. ) They should take steps for the repeal not only of the Corn-laws but of every other bad law that oppressed the people. —( Cheers. 1 The repeal of the Corn-laws was only one part of the rotten stem of the tree—they should dig at the root of the tree and up root the evil.—(Cheers.) It was not enough for him to hove a cheap loaf while his employer Lad it in his power to reduce his wages.—( Great uproar.) While he had a cheap loaf he must have his wages protected.—( Confusion. ) He must have an assurance that when the Corn-laws should be repealed and the 1 loaf be reduced to 4d. he should have the same money that he . had now.—( Great uproar.) If he had only fourpence to pur chase a fourpetny loaf, in what would he be better off than he was at present? The repeal of the Corn-laws would not repaal the tax on tea—(Laughter)—or, the tax on coffee—( Great laughter)—or the tax on every necessary of life.--( Laughter and cheers.) He wished to say one thing more.—( Great confusion. ) If he stood there all day he would be heard.—( Great uproar.) Tho addition to the resolution which he intended to propose was, that the only sure means of benefiting th e wor ki ng c l asses would be 133 Parliament granting to them their franchise, with a repeal of the Corn-laws.—( Great cheering.) If those pre sent were Corn-law repealers, they would see that he was not against them, but he wanted a security that he should be h a better condition than he was now when these Corn-laws were repealed—(Cheers)—and the only way to do that was to give to every working man a voice in sending representatives to Par- Lament—(Cheers)—and in making those taxes which he wes compelled to pay.—( Cheers.) He had no doubt—( Great It UNJEET -----"- S I N G:—. -"----------. WE .a_ rreoußre.G.pested to state up roar and confusion, accompanied with. hissing) -people might hiss, but he was not to be put down so easily--(Cheers)— those who hissed might. be the friends of some classes, but they that Mr. Colburn, of Great Iklailbo were not the friends of the working classes. It had been said published " The Court and C in that meeting that day that they would do all in their power G. W. Osborne, AI i 1 i tar y Tec li r ° e f t a ll ; ; ti t o j ehe t t l s i t e 'l G :neg o t'' ‘':E: h r b n Y o st r thh • e G i : H en do e any - . to benefit the working classes. bat th e moment a a s w , orki ogd ral of India, in 1 vol. Bvo., with 16 Engraving! from Original 'cstken on the spot; price 155., bound ; which can man came before them, , that moment they met Drawings, flow le, had of all Booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just 1 11 11.1ished " A Pilgrimage to Palesti ne ," him with cries of " Off, off."—(Cheers, and great confusion, and cries of " Question.") Unless the franchise w to the working men this repeal of the Corn chic would do i ng Monk of La T good. He would now put his amendment in th e hands of the price 215., bound. rappe, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Illustrations, by N. J De Gera mb, Lord Mayor,' feeling confident that it would not want a se conder. THE LONDON COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE conder. Mr. MoaRISON SeC4II4(I the amendment. ASSOCIATION.—At a very full meeting of the members of the The Loan MAYOR then put the amendment of Mr. Atkin. London Coffee and Eating-house AssociaSion, held at An son, and declared it to be negatived. derton's Hotel, Fleet -street, on Monday- evening, it was Mr. Go u Lin ti n's amendment, in aetdhddoiuttiototrailtnozorntahnee resolution was then put and negatived—two-thirds of the meeti . ng voting petition unanimously agreed to present a petition, forthwith to Par liament, of which the following is a copy •—" The bumble in i‘ favour g o A f s the R s original e r e vi, se a l s ut d i e o i n ig w h Petition of the Coffee and Eating-'nouse-keepers in Lon that the Lord Mayor had decided that the original resolution dun, Showeth, that your petitioners are, within the was carried—( Tremendous eheering)—because: .although he metropolitan district, a numerous body of tax-payers to heartily approved of the addition to the reso utien—(Loud her Majesty's revenue. That, in the relief recently given cheers) — yet he believed it foreign to their presenti purpose. He begged to express his gratification that the questing of the to trade generally, certain taxes were taken off, more esp.- Corn-laws, unfettered by any conditions whatever, should at cially the taxes on shopmen ; yet, notwithstanding, your consideration.—(Hear, : t 1 e thera ti o p n r . o — p r Us t l; a ; r d st , i i ll h r a e t t y a o in u e r d p i e n tit t i l o w ne s r c s he a d r u e le ( p o a f r r t e ic tu u r ia no last be brought under their the pet 1 tion assessors e rs o names rases. If there had been any doubt holding 4 a r .)for their the eaug-housekeepers) obliged to keep a person to fetch be I customers dinners, which person is charged in the only look to tha names, the chat '. the' present meeting, let the sition, among whom he _ those who had signed the requi- schedule of taxes as a male servant, and paid for accordingk. classes,(Uproa (Uproar.) it T w h a e s y Garde ratter, and the influence of m fYour petitioners humbly conceive this to be so unjust, that I they are willing to believe it to be absolutely a mistake that I had the honour of ranking himself.— the law gave relief to large firms who keel lb() shopmen, and there as the frie n d o f the working not to your petitioners ; they therefore' humbly pray Your most . desirable to have their aid in a question like the present. He was lad that a question which had agi- Honourable House will grant diem the i t relief, by putting tlusm fated the country from one g extremity to another had at length on an equality with other shopkeepors,—And your petitioners come under the consideration of the metropolis.—(Cheers.) will eVer pray." It was a t.' ques ion of vital importance to both the growers and Tito Cou r t o f S ess i on h as granted an interdict, i the consumers of corn; and he believed, moreover, that it had on the application of the Magistrates and Town Council of i now been. brought forward in a wholesome and proper manner. Dundee, to prohil4O and discharge the holding of non-ir.trusioa ! It had been brought up in such a manner as would not allow meetings in an:i of the town c h urc h es. Th e Note of Swipe- i it to be pa sse d over w i t h out a strong, a prompt, and a vigor. slog and Literdict refers especially t o cer t a i n parties two had 1 ous remedy—(Ch eers .) Th e resolut i ons were of the most annour.,:ea " a meeting of the me m b e rs and friends of the ! temperate—inde e d h e m i g h t term t h em m ilk an d water charac- Vouroh of Scotland, favourable to the principle of non - irqu - ; ter ; but it wou ld b e un d erstood elsewhere w h at they meant. ' i on, " to be held in the Steeple Church on Tuesday last. is I and there was little doubt that the grievances they compkineJ I was opposed by the Magistrates, whoa pplied to the Courttioef • of would be remedied. Their resolutions were temperate, but Session to prohibit and discharge all persons from enteral 1, by that means they would be e n abled to carry . panthers, and said churches to hold or attend any such meetingbr meetings.. tn_ . to carry all c;asses with teem. His individual opinion w:3 (and The Court without hesitation, appointed the Note to beitt n i ter_ he had never suppresied it) that tar t s Corn laws were an oato• tett in common form, and in the meantime granted the I lerable evil and burden upon the country ; that they had de- diet.—Glasgow Chronicle. ranged the monetary system, that root of All evil, paralysing LOYALTY OF THE PLouGir.--The their commerce kry slow and sure degrees.—(Cheers.) The y and Agricultural Society of Scotland, at the anniversary I had already de s troyrd their manufntures to a great degree, meeting of that most influential public body, CO the reconnnef a l- ii Highland 44 woold work still greater evil if *they were not quickly re • ' dation of the Board of Directors, unanimously voted a toys 11 , pealed. These laws had enabled many me ti who, 60 or 70 and dutiftd address to the Queen on the happy years ago were among the working classes, to rise up to enor- . Majesty's marriage. occasion of li ;,, The motion was then put by Mr. GROTE, and caer',ed amid great cheering. Sir M. Wool) then came forward to address the meetine. amid much cheerieg. He should not detain them more than few minutes. He promised them that he, as one of their re presentatives, would faithfUlly perform the duty which they had calledupon him to discharge. He would most gladly and cheerfully present their petition to the Hou.e of Commons.—(Cheers. ) He had always voted against the Corn-laws, and he had stili stronger reasons on the present occasion for doing se. He was firmly convinced that the Corn-laws were a great evil, and as a proof of that he need only say, that in the village where he resided the poor man has but 9s. a-week to maintain e family of seven or eight children, and to pay lOs 6d. or 1 is. bushel for corn.---( Hear, hear.) He believed that the greere portion of the farmers in England were in favour of a repe a l o f the Corn-laws, and he should not hesitate, whatever 'routine: was before the House, whether it was for a total rep or for fixed duty, as long as he thought it was ca l cu l a ted to i mprove the condition of the working classes, to give it hi e support. In conclusion lie had now to move that the resol7otions which had been agreed to that: day should he inserted ' et the usual Papers. The motion having been seconded, The I ORD MAYOtt came forward 'amid much cheering. He said, before he put the resolution the meeting must allow him to return them his most ,gra'.eful ackn ow l e dgments for the hant'some manner in which t hey with pleasure granted the of the Council-Chamber for the purposes of the requisil:, had treated him. He bad mists, and when be found that there was so large au asseeoblage of his fellow-citizens, he had with equal pleasure Pe . .tiourned the meeting to the Hall in which they now were. efc trusted that every individual had had an op portunity Or expressing his sentiments, and although he might have differed with some, and although others were irrelevant to the purposes of the meeting, vet he had thought it best not to interfere. In conclusion, he had only to thank them all for the manner in which they had supported him in the Chair th a t day.—(Cheers.) Mr. COUCHING, amid great confusion, and conside-.able groaning, proposed three cheers for the Charter. The meeting then separated. rutY lini sriv god p of Fill