The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-15 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. Paul- say to masters ? What wag involved in the words, " The labourer is worthy of his hire ?" What in the words, "Let no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, for the Lord will be the avenger of all such ?" What, again, in that grand Christian rule that drunkards and other bad characters, including extortioners, should have no place in the Church ? He contended, that if the teachers of Christianity acted on those principles, they would be bound to break the fetters of the slave, and he found an illustration cif the manner in which those principles were understood by the primitive Christians, in the fact that, three centuries after the establishment of Christianity, slavery was unknown throughout the west of Europe. He had made those remarks in con sequence of the statement of Mr. Binney, that slavery had existed in the early Church. He would. next pass to the matter more immediately under the considera tion of the meeting, namely, the propriety of nominating a Committee for the purpose of drawing up certain re solutions recommending Christian Churches to make slave-holding a matter of Church discipline. Such a recommendation would be no novelty to the Church on the other side of the Atlantic. They already exercised such a power on many subjects by no means so im portant in his (Mr. Thompson's) estimation as slave. holding. Many of them exercised Church discipline in reference to persons who distilled or vended ardent spirits, and they excluded such parties from their co mmunion.—(Hear.) Many of them would not allow gamblers a place in their Church, nor would they allow it to those who dug up and sold the bodies of the dead ; and yet they would receive among them those who ran away with and sold the living men. —(Hear, hear.) Their respect for the inanimate corpse of the negro was greater than their respect for the ani mated and intelligent being who might stand before them.—(Hear, hear.) It would, he repeated, be no new thing to the Churches of America to receive such a recommendation as that to which he had referred, for they had already received similar recommendations from assemblies far less august than that which he had then the honour to address. Some denominations had acted on those recommendations. The Reformed Presby terians, so early as the year 1801, had agreed to exclude from their body those who were guilty of slave-holding ; and the Free-will Baptists had more recently adopted a resolution to the same effect. Since he (Mr. Thompson) had left America the cause of abolition had been win ring its wideniag way there down to the present time, a hen they had met together from so many various parts ; and now the eyes of the Churches of America were on them. Slavery in the abstract had already been denounced by many of those Churches, but they had mill continued in this world of abstractions to permit the slavery of their fellow-men. Let them, then, quit the world of abstraction, and come to the world of every-day life. Let them cease to discuss principles whieh were admitted in the abstract by their ad versaries in common with themselves. Let them descend from the sublime regions, in which theme adversaries were ready to accompany them. Let them stigmatize as unchristian the act of slave-holding. bearing with therm, like thondex-units from the clouds :3 which they had so long dwelt, those principles which might smite the enemies of the rights of man.— (Cheers.) They would have to deal with a large body of Christians in America, who were misled by thoso to whom they lopked up for counsel and example. There were multitudes of the common people there who were content to he slave-holders, because Dr. A. or Mr. B. were slave-holders too, and because those gentlemen, after flogging their slaves well at home, went to Church and preached equally well—(Laughter.) They had there representatives from all the great Christian denomi nations, and, if they followed the eourse which was then proposed, they would extort a respect for their opinions nut only from the common people, but from those who moved in higher spheres. One word more about St. Paul. Suppose the Apostle had gone into an American church, and found his own writings spread out on the desk from which Christianity was preached, would he, alter his precepts had been so long reverenced, and after they had been raised to the highest place in the judgment and the retention of men, have gone hack to first principles, and contented himself with merely laying the foundation of true morality ? No, he would " lay righteousness to the line, and judgment to the plum - net," and he would overturn the whole fabric of slavery, from its summit to its lowest fhundatioo.— (Hear, hear). The question before them was the most important, he considered, that could Ise brought under rhea- consideration,— ( Hear, hear, hear). They would, by adopting the resolution, pronounce slavery to he essentially sinful. They should also calf on every Cnristian to abandon it, and on every Christian denomination to exert its prerogatives over those who ,had neglected the weightier matters of the • law, "judgment, justice, and mercy ;" and if they did so, his own impression was that they would direct the attention of tbocsands on the other side of the Atlan tic to the subject, and that they would convert the pulpits of America, now the most successful pedestals from which the, demon of slavery exerted its influence, into fitting receptacles for those who were representa tives of that gr eat Master, who came to preach delivei , .- ance to captive es, and the opening of their prisons to them that were in chains.—(Loud cheers.) 'The Rev. C. Bowe said, that the slavery of the pre sent uay, was unquestionably of a totally different cha racier from that of former times ; and the Apostles had no doubt laid do wn principles which were calculated is their progress to overturn slavery of every kind. In the city of b'ristol, the members of the communion to which he bel °raged, had framed a formal resolution to the effect that they would not extend their fellowship to any Arrierk• ins who might come among them, unless they were ready to profess, not only their abhorrence of slavery in time abstract, but also their determination of using all thei 'r influence for its extinction in America and throughout the rest of the world. He was certainly most anxious tF sat the subject then under their conside ration, should a a) before a committee, and be would gil aa his cordial suppo rt to the resolution. It being then two o'clock— Mr. TuaN'BUI r,L moved that the meeting should, ad journ till four, a sith an understanding that the subject. should come uns er discussion again. Alter a short; conversation, the question of the ad- i journm, nt of th ea meeting was put, and negatived by a . ' large majority. A discussion then arose as to whether the meeting: should immedi ttely proceed to divide on the mai n question. The CiTAIRM :As said, that he had certainly put %lie question of the adjournment with the impression that, it' it were not c irried, the meeting, should immediately divide on the o ther question. Several Del , ;gates wished to know if there would be a further oppn rt unity of discussing the subject wheal the Report of the C omrnittee tees brought in. The CIIAIRN tAN said, that he apprehended there would he an opi )ortunity for such discussion. Mr. G. 'l'HO3 EPSON waa also of opinion that the prin ciple would agai n come under their consideration. Mr. Boooicso . said, that there could be no doubt, as he thought, that slave•holders were not entitled to be received into communion with their fellow-Christians.; but it was another question to decide whether such a declaration should come from that meeting. The Rev. Mr.:STovuee thought that all objections might be met by denouncing the system of modern slavery only, according to the suggestion of the Rev . Mr. Binney. Captain STEWART said that it should be observed that the primitive Christians were but subjects, while they were legislators. The primitive Christians sub mitted to slavery, while the Christians of the prese day created it. He thought that was a distinction wh . rch should not be forgotten. Mr. TURNBULL proposed that Mr. O'Connell, and others, should be added to the Committee whr.ch was to ,-;onsider the suggestions of the Rev. Mr. St Jvc li. The proposal was negatived, as the meeting was o f opinion that any addition to the °C;ommittec could only be attended with inconvenience. 'rae CHAIRMAN then put the bmenchnent on the rnain question, which had but tour supporters ; and the ori ginal motion, on being put, wias carried with only four dissentients. The resolution was then agreed to, and th. meeting adjourned till f our o'clock.. -- __ S ri IPWRECKS.—TA e_ bazque Elizabeth, from Sing,allore to this place,' aith was totally wrecked in laage,saiclargo of sugar, silks, and cigars, , Swan River, in the be ginning of October ; .And the La oa n d e l from the Mauritius for , was also wrecked this place, with a Car g 0 of sugar, in the Stragglers at the same time. intended for There was 4,000/. in specie on board file Lander, which went to the bottom with the rest of this place, all of hull and cargo were sold for 161., the purchasercargo. The chance of finding the specie, and saving what t,e having the cargo. The crews and passengers of both vesse ' la c"id of the The Shephurd from London, and the Elizabeth, arrivedvfre saved. were also ashore, but gof off without damage. The e here, F frtim Launceston, and the lVestbrook, from Sydney, arrived at the Swan in October—the latter vessel proceeded to the at Mau. ritius.—South Australia's Register, Nov. 30. Miss STRICKLAND'S LIVES OF THE QUEEN S or E!.:GLAYD.—The appearance of the third v hrt o o lume ti o m f this . highly-popular work has been delayed for a s order that, the accomplished authoress might include some e s:er m y important and interesting documents relating to Margaret o f Anjou,Anu, for which s h e h as b een i n debted to the kind inter ference of M. Guizot, the French Ambassador. It will, how ever, certainly b e pu bli s h e d i n t h e course o f t h e present mo h ht. The volume w ill, we un d erstand, compr i se t h e followingfe male sovereig ns : —l sa b e ll a, w i dow of R i char d II „ w h ose life has never yet been ziven to the public; Joanna of Navarre, consort of Henry IV. ; Catherine of Valois, Queen of Henry the Fifth ; Margaret of Anjou, consort of Henry the Sixth, containing a variety of curious particulars that have never yet appeared in print, as well as a tine portrait, from the original in Angers Cathedral ; and Anne of Warwick, consort of Richard the Third. The first three volumes of this work will thus irrlude the complete series of Anglo-Norman and Planta genet Queens. At a recent drawing-room, Miss Strickland had the honour of being presented, by the Hon. Lady Stour ton, to her Majesty, who had already been graciously pleased to express her approbation of the above able work. LONGEVITY.—Amidst the healthful mountains in the peak of Derbyshire, at Darley Dale, near Matlock, there are row living three women, named Mary Hodkinson, Hannah Fentem, and Ellen Bowl er , w h ose un it e d ages amount to 265 years. The salubrity of the climate tends mate r i a ll y to pre serve persons, and to extend their lives to an extreme age. _ Doncaster Gazette, ANNIVERSARY DINNER OF THE SOCIALISTS. MANCHESTER, JUNE 12.--At the great Annual Dinner of the Socialists of this town, held in their new splendid Hall of Science, which was opened last Sunday, the strength and numbers of this branch of their Society be came apparent to those who had previously been unbe lievers in their progress. The Manchester Hall of Science is situated in Camp. field (on the site of the Roman summer camp alluded to by Whittaker, in his " History of Manchester"). It is built in the Grecian-Doric style, front designs of Mr. William Blacklock, architect. The principal aeproach is by a bold flight of steps leading into a vestibule, from whence the staircase leads to the Grand Hall, or Lecture Theatre. The dimensions of this magnificent room, exclusive of its approacnes, are 83 feet by 54 feet. The ceiling is richly empanelled and embossed. At the end facing the spectator, is a splendid proscenium, designed by F. Chester, Esq., consisting of an elliptical arch springing iron highly decorated entablatures, supported by . pilasters. The enrichments are modelled from those ut the temple of Jupiter Stator at Rome. The Corinthian capitals of the pilasters, and ornaments of the stage-doors and boxes, by Mr. Jackson, the eminent decorator, are fashioned in the most chaste and highest style of the art. The pilasters and antm are of beautiful grained sienna marble. The stage is 26 feet by 30 feet, and is admirably adapted for tile pur poses ef public lectures, choral concerts, dramatic repre sentations, &c. The Act Drop is the product of the joint labours of Messrs. Johnstone and Parker, principal artists to the Theatres Royal Manchester and Liverpool. The scenic effect is truly beautiful. The subject is a new de- st,en for the co mmunities of united property proposed by Robert Owen, Esq. The pile of domestic buildings, &c., appearing to consist of a parallelopipedon, or large square of houses of the cathedral style of the fifteenth century, in the centre of one side of which is a church-like looking structure, with spire, consisting of five octagonal towers, rising one above another in decreasing proportions, until the highest vanishes to a point. These are of the lightest tracery. The buildings are pointed, of the richest Gothic trot-work. The perspective is finely managed. In the foreground, on a terrace of mosaic pavement, with chastely designed balustrade are several female figures, which we recognised as copied from the designs of Kenny Meadows' " Illustrated Shakspeare." These, wiJi the male figures, show the proposed costume of the Socialist. which approaches to some extent that of the Greek athletes The scene is bounded on two sides by bold craggy mountains, toppling down from the summit of one of which is seen a torrent or cascade, which de scending through a gorge, falls into the river which runs in front of the spectator, below the terrace aforesaid, which winding its sinuous course along the base of the mountains disembogues itself into the sea, which is re motely seen in the far-off distance. The valley is laid out vvithpleasure-grounds around the buildings, adorned with foentains and statuary, whilst, further onward in the view, corn-fields and meadows dot the landscape. A merry party on the lawn arc dancing to the sound of music around the maypole, whilst a large party are grouped in a tent of pink and white draperies gazing on the sports. Along the surface of the river, close in the foreground, a gondola, rowed by six gondoliers, seems to bo cleaving its way through the clear and silvery stream, whilst a lady, playing on the guitar, is amusing her fellow voyagers, who are seated be neath a canopy or awning. Everything that contributes to make nature appear like fairy work is put under requi sition, and certainly the artists have shown that the soul of the poet has guided the hand of the painter. Leaving this, to speak further of the Hall, we may observe, that the same simple elegance prevails throughout the entire finish inv. The gallery is richly ornamented, and the gorge ousness of the candelabra excites the astonishment of the visitor. This room is capable of accommodating upwards of three thousand persons. The building coteoriseA some twelve or fourteen class or committee-rooms, library, &c. 'its cost is upwards of 6,0001., and is the property of about 800 shareholders, almost set of whr,m are of the operative classes, consisting principally of engineers, carpenters, en gravers, and the other skilled trades of this lucelity, being mostly tee best workmen and most sober characters in their respective occupations, The foundation stone was laid on the sth ef August, 1839, by Robert Owen, Esq., and the assoeia'ion fur building has not been formed more than fifteen months. This is an eff,irt of the working people not before paralleled in the history of the world. This Hall, the largest in the country, was filled with guests, and the speeches made on the occasion were con sidered among the most useful that have yet been delivered at any public meeting of the kind for many years. The following account of the proceedings, and report o',' Mr. ONCII'S speech, we copy from the Manchester Times : The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Mandley), said the first toast which he had to propose was one which he was sure every in dividual would be proud to do honour to. It was c astomary—and custom had made it law in all well re gulated assemblies such as that was—that the first toast cn the list should be that individual who wielded the power and destiny of an empire ; and he was sure that in doing honour to that power which sat and ruled over Great Bri tain they should be doing- justice to their cause and ho nour to theinseives. The toast he should give them—and he hoped every individual in the room would be upstanding —was " The Queen'"—( Applause.) The National Anthem was then played by a portion of the band and sung by some of the company. The CHAIRMAN next gave "The Duchess of Kent and the rest of the Royal Family." Glee—Hail I Star of Brunswick." The CIIAIRNIXN thin said that the next toast to which he had to call their attention was one which required no con, 1 ment from him. It would come home to every man's bosom so naturally that any observations of his would only mar the effoct which such a toast would have upon their minds. He therefore begged to propose to them " Robert Owen, the founder of infant schools, the author of national education in Prussia, the annihilator of paupers and Poor-laws in Ireland, and the founder of the rational system of society.—( Great applause, after which the band played " Sea the conquering hero comes.") Mr. °ls-EN then rose amid renewed applause and said— Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,—l must in the first place express my thanks for the manner in which my na ate has been received ; but being a " Socialist," I am quite aware that this ebullition of feeling is to the great cause which we are met here this day to celebrate. It is a compliment, I am well assured, which is not justly due to any individual; but it is a compliment highly due to truth ; and we are met here to-day for the purpose of advo cating in the most public manner, perhaps tor the first time in the history of the human race—truth without mystery, mixture of error, or the fear of man.---( Hear, bear.) My friends, I know that upon these occasions the meetings are usually devoted to conviviality ; but we m!•et . , here to-night, I trust, for a very different purpose. au I name has been associated in the toast with inea..,, t , „h oo t 1 eclucatien, with the founder of national educe a i, n i n te rn ,. pia, as the adviser o f th e s y s t e m of poor c o l on i es i n Hol land, and as the founder of the rati renal system o f soc i e t y . I It is true that the infant scivaol system was devised by myself in perfect accordance with the fundamental prin ciples of the rational syste'et of society which I advocate. Tne fundamental prin c ipl e of that Society is thet the character of man is formed for him ; and I found that Ithe little creatures the children of the working people whom I employed at New Lanark—were sur i rounded from th e moment o f t h e i r bi rt h b y most unfavour able circumstances. It was then, in accordance with our great first prinei.ole, thet I first determined to create new ( and very superior external circumstances in which to place these young human beings, and the first step in this change ' was to erect a building—this room reminds me of one of i them very much. In this building there were five large , rooms which we called " The Institution for the forma tion of characte'." The largest of these rooms was 90 feet long by 40 feet wide and 20 feet high, with a gallery around it ; and it was only when that building was com pleted that I called the parents of these children together, with the neighbouring nebility and gentry, to explain to ' them the object I had in view in erecting, at a very consi derable expense—an expense of s,oool.—the first insti -1 tutior. for the formation of character upon sound social prir.ciples. I shall never forget the expression of the cc untenances of the parties when I declared to them, on r.pening that institution (there were not four or five indi viduals around me then—there were at least 1,200 indi viduals, although in so small a village as New Lanark); but when I explained for the first time to these parents I my nish that they should send their children of two years of age and upwards in the morning into that building, they, from their natural feelings, held up their hands and their eyes, and said—" Mr. Owen, what are you going to do with our little children of two years of age ?" Such a thing had not been previously heard of :it any part of the world. I said—" You know, my friends, I never do any. thing by force; you are at perfect liberty either to send your children or not ;" and I very fully explained to the m the great principles on which I was then going to act. Tuey were universal principles ; and that address was pub lished and passed through many editions, and the time is approaching when that address will be valued for the truth of its principles.—( Hear, hear.) The next morning, about one-third of the children were sent to this institution ; the other two-thirds, from the fear of the parents that at that age they could receive no benefit, were withheld by them ; but in about three months the change in the children was so extraordinary, that the parents began to talk among themselves, and said, " What can there be in that building? Our children are altogether different beings front what they were. They are the beat and most intelligent beings we have ever seen anywhere ;" and the consequence was, that before the end of the first year every child in the village of that age was sent to the school.—( Hear, hear.) Before the end of the second year, such were the extraordinary results produced upon the infant mind by the new system of training, and of governing, that the parents themselves came to me to petition that I would allow their children of thirteen and fourteen months to be introduced, as they found so much advantage from those that had been introduced at two years of age.—',Hear, hear.) That school was carried to comparatively a high state of perfect.on : it attracted the attention of the reflecting part of the higher mem bers of society. Among others Lord Brougham saw it ; and when he witnessed the effects which were produced he said, " Mr. Owen, if you will only supply us with a s in e a h s o t o e i r ,aywsetewill o e e r s e ) c t i n a \ s v : m e s i t l a m r i n s s e t h e o r r . ) . l , ( s I o s f a a i r d , as l t a h m e i r n e f a a d n v t to give you the master that is here : be was a plain; simple weaver, who knew nothing of the principle, but had I great ove for children, and patience with them without end. He was therefore the very men that I wishe d t he T rean that y could govern by affection r a th er t h an by force. in of this individual , who was the first aster, was . Bue lie is still the same simple-hearted mam ' knowing p ha V na ps n. no more about the principles now than h e di d at first e . r Ne had, before he left, trained some of the elder scholars that were i n t h e o ther school to be very superior as masters for the infant school , and I found that i t was impossible toget a Te ghooodldseshcohoolomimasatsetrerbseyhoadndirntbhietage the of 1 6 or 17 years. old not i ons of the world, and they could not readily get rid of those old no. t and m any of the benevolent. he third i n .. tioes alai adopt those whic h were entir ely new. The school was accurdiegly established in West niesi er , and ir.%i ldersp in taught individuals that in school Londonfrequently ; baii built i fans school. I think it was in Brick-lane, in Spitalfields, and Mr. Wildcrspin was the third master in that school, (Hear, hear.) He never saw the first school, and had no idea of the atale of perfection to which it had attained. Bet who commenced those schools is of no consequence. 'These are mere matters of history that will be related at some time or other, and when no individual will think of claiming any honours or rights for any thing he or she may have done.—( Hear.) The time for individualism is, I rejoice to know, coming to an end ; and there will be no disputes about who did this or who did that, provided the geod be done.—( Hear, hear. ) The infant schools have since been adopted by what may be termed the sectarian parties in society ; and each of them have framed them with a view of the children being instructed in their secta rian notions. These are very different schools to the one which I established, and very different from what future rational infant schools will be. The principle of the infant school which I established was that the children should be taught by facts, by the objects themselves when praticable ; if impracticable, by models or by painting for I discovered by close observation that it was useless to give infants and children words without at the same time giving them ideas. When they had the ideas first and then heard the names they had notions correctly imprinted on their minds ; but when ideas, their had the words only without the objects or the their minds became, as almost all minds have been, hitherto, quite confused with words without any clear fleas.—( Hear, hear.) I might mention as an interesting part of this portion of the subject, that three of Buchan nan's children, who were infants when the school cern rnenced at New Lanark, received their infant education there, and were sent two or three years ago to South Africa; and I had the delightful intelligence given me, some time.x.eo, that they had opened several hundred infant schees in South Africa ; and that these three children, trained originally at New Lanark in the first infant school, delighted every one ; all speak of them almost as angels sent amongst them to do them good, and to teach them nothing that was wrong or evil.— (Applause.) Well, my Friends, the next part of the sub ject, I think, relates to " National education in Prussia." Shortly after this period I became well acquainted with Baron Jacobe, the then ambassador of Prussia to this country.. I had previously published four essays on the " Formation of Character," and relative to the new view cf society, which view we have now before us (referring to the painted plan of the " New Moral World," which formed the hack of the stage). I gave the outline of what I conceived to be the beat national system of edu cation at that time for our own country, or for any other country. I had previously offered the same to our own Government. I had communicated personally with the late Lord Liverpool, when he was Prime Minister, and with his first wife, Lady Liverpool, both of them ex tremely well intentioned individuals. They were de lighted with the plans. They said I found fault with all that was; but they also said, " I wish, Mr. Owen, that all our opponents would oppose us in the same mariner, and with the same spi, it that you have done.—( Hear, bear.) You tell us of our errors—our faults; but you tell us of them in the genuine spirit of charity, and with a desire that improvements should take place without irritation, or anger, or ilhovill."—( Hear.) That Adminis tration would have adopted the national system of edu cation which I recommended, but they said, " We cannot do it ; the power of the Church is opposed to any such change."—( Hear, hear.) At that period there was no public education for the children of the poor to read, much less to write; and it was only by giving !great en couragement in the first instance to Mr. Lancaster, who was supported by the Dissenting interest, that the children of the poor were first taught to read ; and it was a severe battle which we had to tight wirli the powers of society to induce them to allow the children of the poor to learn to read their Bibles, as they said. We had then a se cond battle to fight to obtain liberty to teach them to write, and the elements of arithmetic. Had Mr. Lan caster Lever been supported, Dr. Bell would never have been introduced ; but when it was discovered that Mr. Lancaster would go forward patronised by what was called the Liberal interest, the Church patronised Dr. Bell, and as it was For the purpose of educating the poor, I pa tronised him also.—(Applause.) Atter what I have said I am sure what I am going to say will not be .considered as having any reference to myself, but merely to Cie great principles which we are met to-day to advocate. I assisted Mr. Lancaster with 1,0301. at a time when he had nothing to proceed with, and would have sunk under the difficulties he had to encounter—( Hear, hear)—and when Dr. Bell's system was established by the Church party, I sent to his Committee (because everything was don e und er a Corn mittee of the Church)—l sent to his Committee—l had more money then than I have now, 500/ , with a statement that if they would admit the children of all sects into their schools, I would make the sum the same as i had previously given to Mr. Lancaster. The Committee canvassed this offer for two successive days with ail the members belong ing to the Committee, and it was a matter of great contest; and on the second day the affair was given in opposition to my offer by only a majority of two or three. Therefore they accepted the 5001., keeping the schools for the children of those only who were members of the Church of England; but the effect of th at di scuss i on pro d uce d a c h ange in their principles in one year, and they opened their school to children of a ll d enom i nat i ons, provi d e d t h ose c hild ren , read their books, end said their c•techisms. Now the national systeni of education which I recommended by Baron Leobe to the King of Prussia, was similar to the one 1 had recommended to the House of Commons, to our own Government, and would have been adopted if the power of the Church had not been too strong for the supe rior education of the working classes at that time. Imme diately upon sending these plans of national education and government, I received an autograph from the King of Prussia, saying he was so much pleased with the princi ples of the system, both of education and government for a nation, that he had already given his commands to his Minister of the Interior to adopt both to the full extent of their localities—( Hear, hear)—and I know that that was done; and I know also that the publication which I tent to the King of Prussia, was one of four English works which lay upon his private table in his library for many years afterwards, and the works to which he and his Ministers referred while they were making those great changes.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The next sub ject with which my name has been connected with this toast relates to the poor colonies in Holland. And again, as I ever did when I had to take any steps in this great change which is now before its, I always communicated directly with our own Government ; and, therefore, having discovered that there was no occa sion for poverty or the fear of poverty in Great Britain, or in any other country, I applied to our Government and proposed a system of Poor-law Government that should in a short time place the poor of this country under such 'improved circumstances, that the poors' rates it{ a few years would become entirely useless, an_"',, that there could be no poor in this country. The report that I made to an extensiv e C omm i ttee o f t h e first statesmen, political economists, and legislators in this country, appeared to them to be so important, that they could not come to a decision upon it, but recom mended that that report should be referred to Sturges Bourne's Committee upon the Poor-law, which was then sitting; perhaps the most important Committee that had sat for many years. It was well known, I believe, to all the members of that Committee, that I had conducted a large establishment for many years, and that there were no poor in it. They knew that I had educated the chil dren of this population without individual rewards or punishments, and that a character for these children had been formed far superior to the character of any children of the same age ever seen in this or any other country before that period. When, therefore, the day was fixed for me to be called upon to make this report, this Com mittee of the House of Commons—and they were all met, I do not believe there was a single individual absent - , and among them Lori Brougham was one,—l was called in, had my report, and had the drawings of the arrangements which I proposed, and I was prepared to be closely and severely examined by those forty Members of the House ; when 1 had laid down the plans, and had the report is my hand, ready to proceed with the reading of it, I saw a look pass from the Chairman, and a very significant expression in the countenances of many of the Members who were in the secret. The Chairman then said, " Mr. Owen will you have the goodness to withdraw, we have something to dis cuss relative to you." I withdrew to the ante-room, and employed myself, as I always do when I have leisure, in preparing things I was then busily occupied a ith, and to my surprise, though this was early in the morning—be tween nine and ten o'clock, I remained there without anybody coming to disturb me till between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, when Lord Brougham came in and said—." Mr. Owen, it will be necessary for you to come main to-morrow morning : we have been discussing all day whether you arc to be examined or not, and have not decided, therefore you will perhaps come to-morrow morning at nine o'clock." Well, I attended at nine o'clock, and was requested to occupy the same q carters as before, and was expecting every moment that some of those gentlemen would be good enough to cone in and tell me what they were about. At five o'clock in the afternoon Lord Brougham came in again and said---" Well, Owen, we have been discussing up to this moment whether you are to be examined or not, and it has been carried by a small majority that you are not to be examined."--( Cries of shame.) I was not quite aware of the real cause of these proceedings until afterwards The report which I was going to make was known to t'ae leading members of society ; they knew it was a plan to put an end to poverty and the fear of poverty, and to ignorance amongst the mass of the people, and whatever you may thi k, Mr. Chairman, and ladies and gentlemen, the system of the world, as it has been carried on, will not admit in any country—as all countries are now governed—for the masses of the people to be otherwi se t h an i n poverty and ignorance. Nha t o, my now speak humanfriends, r t a h c e e pa c s a t n pe b r e iod go o v f er t n h e e d wo o r n i l d y has by b fo ee re n e s a u n c d h fraud; the and ail the nations o f t h e earth, through all past periods up to the present moment in whi c h I am - t ing, have been governed solely by force and fraud ; and I am here to-day, my Friends, with no other intention than to endeavour to put an end to gover nment b y f orce and fraud.—( Applause.) If it be sedition, or if it be treason, to speak truth upon p ublic matter s , I am here now to speak that sedition and that treason, and t o support i t against all N allw iy homay against 113.—( V ery l oud ap plause.)friends, my come name has been connected with the toast lastly, as the founder of the rational system of society. Yes, my friends, we are met here upon this oc casion, I trust, to lay the solid foun dation of that system in the minds of all who can think and reflect. But what is this rational system of society ? It has been called s ee cialistn." I give up the name. Its true denominatio n is " The rational system of society, in direct opposition to the irrational system by which alone the world has hitherto been governed." My friends; I must now, although at the risk of detaining you much longer than I wish, and perhaps much longer than many of you like—( Loud cries of " Go en, go on")—but it is my duty on the present oc casion to state those great principles which can now be no longer hidden from the world as principles, and which, I trust, cannot be long hidden nom the world in practice, for it is to hasten that practice that we have met here to night.—( Hear, hear, hear.) I am reminded that in stating to you the proceedings relative to the arrange metre, for retnavir; ! : ir:tiortple. and poverty from . s , oi!t ety, or tire t ear of p overt y, I d i d not conve y th a t Bitch I in tended, which was to inform you the.t at that period there was a very intelligent man in this city—the Ambassador from the King of Holland, who is ono of the best kings THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 15. 140. that Europe has :had—a fit companion for the King of Prussia, who I hope is still living, although there have been reports of his death. When I found that the British Government would not or could net introduce measures to retno overty and the fear of poverty from this country, I gave L„. plan to foreign Ministers to see if any of them would take it up ; and I found that Mr. Falk, the Dutch Ambassador, became greatly enamoured with it, and he sent it to his Court and to some of the leading people of Holland. They immediately adopted the principles and applied them comparatively well to practice, and the con sequence was that for many year after they introduced the system there were no paupers in Holland. I have be,..r, informed that latterly—nay, that for mane years these in dividuala were enabled not only to cover their own current expenses, but also gradually to repay the capital which was first invested in the formation of colonies before any return could be made. But I have been told latterly that they were not going on so well. I am not surprised at that, for if they had been carried on as they were at first, that experi ment would have proved to the world that poverty, or the fear of poverty, did not belong to human society properly di rected, and that experiment could not be allowed to go on justly, fairly, and fully, and the present system ot force and fraud in the world be eontiaued.—( Hear, hear.) Utterly impossible ± But, my friends, this country is in a position totally different from what it has ever been before. Greet Britain is now a sib to ,Il the nations of the world. Great.! Britain is the most wealthy nation that ever existed, and Great Britain is the poorest nation, at tine same t'rne that ever existed. We have a power of producing wealth such as no nation ever before possessed. When 1 was a boy our power of producing wealth was but as one to one com pared with the population. Our population is scarcely yet doubled from what it was at that period, the population being then 15 millions, and the producing power, manual and scientific, about 15 millions. Now our population is probably riot quite 30 millions, while our productive power has risen in the most miraculous manner, until it exceeds the labour of 600 millions, with the power at our control now to increase that power to one, two, five, or ten thou sand millions at our pleasure.-_( Hear, hear.) And yet, my friends, with this enormous power of creating wealth, such as at one time would have been thought more chi merical to dream of than of the wonders told in the story of the Arabian Nights ; )et in this nation, possessing this enormous power, with the means of increasing it at will _yet have there been. during the last year or two, pun_ dreds, thousands, nay, I fear, tens of thousands, gradually starving for want of the commonest necessaries of life_ ( Shame, shame). My friends, these things must not be any longer—( No, no, and bear, hear). This is the most scandalous state of > ociety in which human beings can exist. Ido not mean to make use of strong, disagreeable language, but I do want to rouse the attention of this country to this striking anomaly, that, possessing a power for the production of wealth greatly beyond what can ever be necessary for the human race, that we should patiently sit down and see around us our fellow-creatures labouring from morning till night their fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, or eighteen hours a day, and yet, so labouring, that they and their wives and little ones must, after a little time, either gradually starve for want or the meanest and commonest necessaries of life, or go into the work houses which have been built for them all over the coun try.---( Hear, hear, and cries of " Shame, shame.") My friends, you know that our principles arc that the cha racter of man is formed for him. The characters of our governors have been formed for them in the same manner that our characters have been formed for us, and were they to direct the energies of this country in the man ner which I have described, although not one single step has bean yet taken in the right course to govern this country in accordance with the means which we pos sess, these men have been so trained, and are so placed, that of themselves they cannot move one step in a right course. All their powers and faculties are engaged in sup porting themselves as one faction opposed by another equally powerful faction.—( Applause ) But are the people of this country to be slaves for ever to the igno rance and the irrationality of factions, or shall they arise as one man and say, " If you are not in a position to govern this country beneficially for yourselves, and bene ficially fur the population, we a.-k for some of the national means to enable us to showy ou in what manner the national energies of this country can be applied so as to relieve you from the everlasting disgrace of having millions upen millions squandered every year, and yet that there should be a begrudging of 30,0001. o-year to lead the mass of the people cut of the gross ignorance and darkness in which they live."—(Hear, hear.) My fiends : It is useless complaining. Where everything is wrong any one at random can find fault, and find fault justly ; but I hold that it is the next thing to useless to find fault with that which is, until we have discovered the means by which that which is wrong may in a practical shape and manner be put right--put right not by force, not by violence—right was never yet obtained by force arid violence—but put right in such a manner that no one cf any class, or sect, or party in any country shall be injured by the change as it takes place. My friends, you know another of our fundamental principles is that man is the creature of the circumstances in which he shall be placed from the time of his birth through childhood and through life. Is it nut so? It is so, and admitted to be so. And yet were we to go through the greater part of this town_ nay, were we to go through the greater part of all the po pulou, towns and cities in the world, what should we find ? Why, we should find a combination of the most vicious, de grading, and injurious external circumstances surrounding the great mass of the population in every one of these towns. While philosophers of past ages have acknowledged that man is the creature of circumstances, the British Govern ment—the most advanced in civilization, the wealthiest state of which we have any knowledge, has for centuries past, permitted within a mile and a half of its Court, of the centre Of its power, a combination of circumstances existing in a large district called St. Giles's ; and while these exter nal circumstances have forced every infant from its birth within these purlieus to have the most inferior language, the worst habits and manners, and to have the worst pos sible character formed for them—l say forced by these cir cumstances—that it is a great chance if, before they attain full manhood, they arc not tried and imprisoned many times, or transported or hung. And yet what has been the reason of all this, that the British Government should have permitted such wretched degrading external cir cumstances to have continued for centuries, creating those inferior human characters, when every child that has been born in St. Giles's for the last five hundred years might, under other arrangements, have formed into men and women far superior to any men and women that have lived during the same period? My friends, is not this past bear ing ? Can we go on day after day, year after year—nay, century aftercentury, and allow these wretched circumstances to exist, when we acknowledge that man is the creature of those circumstances in which he is placed ?—(" No, no, no." No, my friends; look there—(pointing to the pic ture of the New Moral World)—and look on each side of you—(pointing to some plans illustrati.ve of the commu nity system)—there is hope for you yet. Several other toasts were proposed and responded to, but nothing further transpired which would justify us in extending this report to a greater length than we have al ready given it. The only speech delivered afterwards which was at all worth notice, was one by Mr. Lloyd Jones, one of the social missionaries, on " Freedom of discussion." Although in the speech there was little that was new, the style of its composition, and the dis tinctneiss of its arrangement, were both worthy of praise; the one being elegant without bombast, the other so sim ple as to arrest the attention of the most indifferent thinkbr. it was somewhat remarkable—and, indeed, rather a matter of commendation—that in his speech little or no allusion was made to the principles of socialism. The party separated about eleven o'clock. PROSECUTION OF THE SOCIAL ISTS FOR RECEIVING MONEY FOR AD MISSION TO LECTURES. Peter Catterall, Isaac Higginbottom, and Richard Ward, were summoned to appear at the Borough Court on Wednesday last, charged with having received money for the admission of persons to lectures on Socialism, dt the Socialists' building, called the Hall of Science, Camp field. The informati on was l a id under the in 39th George 111. c. 79, sec. 15, by the Rev. W. J. Kidd in cumbent of St. Matth ew ' s . Th e foilowine is a copy of the clause on which the proceeding was founded : " And whereas divers places have of late been used for delivering lectures or discourses, and holding dam which lectures, discours es , er d e b ates h ave, in many in es si ancs, been of a sediti ous an d i mmora l nature, be it further e enacted, that every house, room, field, or other place at or in which any lecture or discourse shall be publicly delivered, or any public debate shall be had on any subject whatever for the purpose of raising or collecting money, or any other valuable thing from the persons admitted, either under pre - 1 tence of payment for any refreshment or other thing, or un der any other pretence, or for any cause, or by any device of contrivance whatever, shall be deemed a disorderly house or place, unless the same shall have been previously licensed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; and the person by whom such room, field, or place shall be opened or used, for any of the purposes afoiesaid, shall forfeit the sum of 1001. for every day or time that such house, room, field, or place shall be opened or used as aforesaid, to such parson as will sue for the same, and be otherwise punished, as the law directs in cases of disorderly houses ; and every person managing or conducting the proceedings, or acting as me derator, president, or chairman at such house, room, field, or place so opened or used as aforesaid, or therein debat ing or delivering any discourse or lecture, and also every person who shall pay, give, collect, or receive, or agree to pay, give, collect, or receive any money or anything in respect of the admission of any person into any such house, room, field, or place, or shall deliver out, distribute, or receive any such ticket or tickets, or token or tokens as aforesaid, knowing such house, room, field, or place to be opened or used for any such purpose aforesaid. shall, lb: every such offence, forfeit the sum of 201." Manchester Guardian. Owing to various circumstances this information was not concluded till Friday, when Higginbotom, against whom alone the prosecution was persisted in, was convicted in a penalty of 201., but the case was immediately removed by certiorari, into the Q uee n's Bench, and the proper re_ cognizancea entered into. When that was done, and the information against the others had been withdrawn, Mr. Pclfreymaii, the defendant of She Socialists, then said, I have to make an application fur summonses against the Rev. Joseph Barker, for delivering four lectures in Car. pentcr's Hall, which is a place not licensed, on the 4th, sth, and 6th of Msy. Mr. Maude, Magistrate.— You ca n lay the informations in the usual way, and we are baund to act according to law. Mr. Palfreyman-1 also wish to state publicly that I have to !make a similar appli_ "firm. agai n st the lecturer at the Victoria Gallery. Mr. Maude —Very well. This we look on as a repetition of the tactics adopted by the Socialists in reference to blasphemous publications. They direct the law which is brought to bear against them, against their opponents, and probably will frighten 1 them from their intended prey. We quote the case, too, in order to put other lecturers on th: 'r guard. We also c'JPs' Scs Goo/Wit/Ws ren:arks : " PUBLIC LEC(UnES AND LECTURE iiOOIVIS —'l`. , to call the attention of our readers to a report, which ;ip`f , pears in another page, of a proceeding of a novel charac ter (though under an old Act of Parliament) against some of the people calling themselves Socialists. We cannot shut our eyes to the fart, that they have been convicted on grounds which apply with equal force to a 'eery great number of innocent and meritorious parties. If we rightly understand the law—(one of those precious legacies which the reign of Unbridled Toryism has bequeathed to later times)—every room in which a lecture is delivered, or a discussion held, and where money is charged for ad mission, must he licensed by the magistrates ; or, in de.; fault thereof, the parties concerned in receiving money, and even those who may happen to pay for admission, are liable to heavy pecuniary penalties. This law would, of course, apply to all our mechanics' institutionc. to all scientific lectures, wherever delivered, add to an endless variety of other proceedings, wherein the parties concerned never suspected a shadow of illegality. Nay, the Learned Counsel who supported the information contended, and with great plausibility, that all parties concerned in receiving " silver at the doors" which is frequently announced as expected when charity sermons are preached in places of worship), and all parties contri• buting their " silver" on such occasions, are liable to the penalties of the Act ! If this version of the law is at all correct, we may ex pect an ahond,..tit harvest of informations, and other lc , gal proc'edings ; and it will be seen that the individu,d, proceeded against Ott this occasion have already retaliated the blow levelled at them be applying for summonses agail,st the parties connected with the Victoria Gallery, and with lectures deliverved against the Socialists by the Rev. Robert Barker, in Carpenter's Hail, so that we shall soon hear something more upon the subject —Manchester Guardian. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES. The follaming list of the appointments for this meeting is made up to Saturday last : TO-MORROW. The Trial Plate of 50 sot's., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each ; for two-year olds, a feather ; 3 yrs, ist 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 131 b; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 41b. The New mile. Flambeau, 4 yrs ; Ruby, 6 yrs ; Barrabbas, 4 yrs ; To, 4 yrs ; Camelinc, 4 yrs ; Farce colt, 3 yrs ; Pestonjee Bomanjee, 5 yrs. The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for three-year old colts Bst 61b ; and fillies, Est 31b. To start at the Swin- ley Post and in. Mr. Wreford's b c Wardan ; Mr. Neville's ch c Cupid ; Sir G. Heathcote's b c Rokhara ; Lord Exeter's c Momentum ; Duke of Grafton's ch c Ottoman ; Lord Albemarle's b c Cain byses ; Mr. 'f. 11. Stirling's eh c Coronation ; Duke of Bed ford's c by Taurus, out of Lyrnessa ; Mr. Greville's c Per seus ; and Mr. Thornhill's cby Emilius, out of Misrule. The Gold Vase given by her Majesty, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sows. each ; for three-year-olds, 7st 81b ; 4 yrs 9st -5 yrs 9st 71b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 91b ; mares and geldings allowed Sibs ; horses that never won above the value of 501. or received 1001. for running second, to be allowed weight in the following proportions :—Five-year-olds, 41b; 4 yrs 715 ; 53 rs 121 b ; 6 yrs and aged 181 b. Matches not to be reck oned as winnings; the winners, in 1839 and 1840, of the Oaks, Ascot, and Goodwood Cups, Riddlesworth 2,000 gui neas, Newmarket Stakes, Port and Claret Stakes ; and the second horses in the Derby and St. Leger, 41b extra ; the winners of the Derby and St. Leger in 1839 and 1840, 101 b extra. Two miles : Lanercost, 5 yrs; b fby Hnntmgdon, 3 yrs ; c by Emilius, out of Beauty, 3 yrs ; Dejanira, 5 yrs ; c by Emilius, out of Farce, 3 yrs; Theon, .3 yrs; Little Wonder, 3 yrs; Abraca dabra, 3 yrs; Amurath, 3 yrs ; Jeffy, 3 yrs ; St. Francis, 3 yrs; Euclid, 4 yrs; Gambia, 3 yrs; and b c by Mulatto, out of Melody, 3 yrs. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sous. each, h ft, and only 5 ft if de clared ; the second to receive 50 sous. out of the stakes ; 100 shvs. will be added, if three horses start. Two miles and a half. Arctic, aged, Bst 131 b; Quo Minus, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ; Hyllus, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Jenny, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Cruiskeen, 6 yrs, Bst 41b ; Clarion, 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; Dmdalus, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b ; Chil son, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Pergamus, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; Science, 5 yrs, 7st 41b; Anne Boleyn, 5 yrs, 7st llb ; Little \Yonder, 3 yrs, 7st ; Revoke, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ; The Currier, 4 yrs, Est 71b ; Cambyses, 3 yrs, 6st 4th ; Robert Peel, 3 yrs, 6st llb ; The Ant, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Dreadnought, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Hellespont, 3 yrs, sst 71b ; Darkness, 3 yrs, sst 41b ; Chemist, 5 yrs, 7st 71b. The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each h ft; for colts, Bst 71h, and fillies, Bst 41b. Ore old mile. . , Mr. Nevill's ch c Velocipede, out of Amadon ; Lord Exe ter's c Scutari ; Lord Albemarle's eh c Exit. _ _ Sweepstakes of 50 sots. each, h ft ; for two year old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31h. The last three quarters of a mile. Mr. Ilawlinson's b c Coronation; Sir G. Heathcote's b f by Defence out of 'Nannette; Mr. Ree's Weguelin's ch c Czaro witch ; Mr. Ree's bl f Cleopatra ; Lord Exeter's c by Sultan out of Candia's dam ; Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Gobemouche ; Lord G. Bentinek's b c The Cornet; Lord Lichfield's c by Ishmael out of Lioness; Colonel Wyndham's ch c by Ernest out of Mrs. Oakley; Colonel Wyndham's ch f by Nonsense, dam by Muley ; General Grosvenor's b f Miss Amy by Camel. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; three years old, 7st 91b ; four years, 9st 2lb ; 5 years, lost; six years and aged, lOst 51b. To start at tl;e new mile post, and go once round and in. . . C. by Actaeon oat of Evens, 3 yrs; Domino, 4 yrs; Alsdorf, 4 yrs; Euclid, 4 yrs cby I . luley out of Solace, 3 yrs ; Hyl lus, 4 yrs ; Gambia, 4 yrs ; Jenny Jones, 4 yrs ; Paganini, 5 yrs; Bob Peel, 3 yrs; Amurath, 3 yrs; Dmdalus, 5 yrs. WEDNESDAY. The Swinley Stakes of 25 soya. each, h ft with 50 added; for 3 yrs old, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 101 b ; fillies allowed 31b. The last mile and a half. To start at the Swinley post:—Mr. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs ; Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff, 4 yrs; Gen. Grosvenor's Diploma, 3 yrs; "Ether. 4 yrs, paid. Sweepstakes of 200 sot's. each, h ft, for 3 yrs r.lil; colts, Bst 51b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. Those by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowed 21b ; if both 51bs. Swinley course : —Lord Lichfield , ch f by Priam, out of Miniature; Lord Exeter's c Scutari ; Lord Jersey's c Glenorchy ; and Lord Albemarle's c the Orphan. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for fillies then 2 yrs old, Sst 71b each. The new mile :—Mr. Rush's bf by Camel, out of Bangtail ; Mr. Nevill's b f Christinetta ; Lord Exeter's f Mantle ; Lord Albemarle's Spangle ; Lord Jersey's f by Sultan, out of Trampoline ; Lord Lichfield's Firefly ; Mr. W. S. Stanley's b f Scintilla ; Mr. Thornhill's Emetic ; and Col. Anson s Black Bess. Sweepsta'kes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for foals of 1838 colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b. Three quarters of a mile :--Mr. Wrcford's ch f. by Laurel, out of Victoria ; Lord Exeter's eby Beiram, out of Marinella (31b) ; Lerd Albemarle's c Doctor , Dilworth (31b); Mr. S. IL Stirling's ch c the Comptroller (31b) ; Duke of Bedford's fby Taurus out of Plaything (31b). Plate of 501. for maiden horses at the time of starting ; 3 yrs olds, 7st 41b; 4 yrs, Bst 81b ; 5 yrs and upwards,9st 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Swinley course :—Tiny 3 yrs, fby Huntingeon, out of Beauty, 3 yrs; Blemish, 3 yrs; Sam Wel ler, 4 vrs ; Muleteer, 3 yrs ; Auburn, 4 yrs ; br g by the Pasha, d by lieveller, 3 yrs. THURSDAY. The Windsor Castle Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft ; for 3 yr old colts, fist 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner of the Derby to have carried 81b; and of the Oaks or 2,000 Guinea Stakes, 51b extra; the new mile :—Sir G. Heathcote's ch c Uzbec ; Mr. H. Cembe's ch cby Actaeon, out of Cobham's dam ; Lord Exeter's Momentum ' • Lord Albemarle's Janus ; Mr. W. S. Stanley's c Crazy Boy ; Mr. Greville's c Perseus ; and Col. Anson's c Nicholson. The Gold Cup, by subs of 20 sous each, with 200 added from the fund : about two miles and a half:—Bosphorus, 4 yrs; Prince Albert, 3 yrs ; Flambeaux, 4 yrs ; Hetman Pla toff, 4 yrs ; Feather, 4 yrs; Euclid, 4 yrs; Caravan, 6 yrs; St. Francis, 5 yrs ; Deception, 4 yrs ; Lanercost, 5 yrs ; Quo Minus, 5 yrs; Valentissimo, aged; Melbourne, 4 yrs; Mon treal, 4 yrs; The Jovial Bachelor, 3 yrs; Don John, 5 yrs ; and Bloomsbury, 4 yrs. The Windsor Forest Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for 3 yr old _.„-. fillies, Bst 41b ; the winner of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Derby, or Oaks, to have carried Mb extra. The old mile. Sir G. Heathcote's b f Emilius, out of Nannette; Duke of Grafton's ch f Currency; Col. Anson's Black Bess; and Gen. Gro!venor's Diploma. Sweepstakes of 30 sues. each, 20 ft ; for 2 yr old colts. Bst Mb ; and fillies, Bst 21b ; winners of a sweepstakes, 31b extra. T. Y. C. Mr. floe's Decision ; Col. Anson's Lady Sneerwell ; Mr. Rawlinson's c Coronation; and Gen. Grosvenor's Miss Anny. The Grand Stand (Handicap) Plate of 100 sous. Once round andadistance. The Drama, 4 yrs • Daedalus, 5 yrs ; It - by, 6 yrs ; Alsdorf, 4 yrs ; the Solace colt, 3 yrs ; Barabbas, 4 yrs ; Perseus, 3 yrs ; Blemish, 3 yrs ; Domino, 4 yrs; Aretis, aged ; Jenny Jones, 4 yrs; Sam Weller, 4 yrs ; Dewdrop colt, 3 yrs; Pestonjee Bomanjec, 5 yrs ; Anna Boleyn, 5 yrs ; 10, 4 yrs ; Muleteer, 4 yrs ; and Elfred filly, 3 yrs. The Windsor Town Plate of 501. ; three yrs old, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 101 b; six and aged, 9st ; mares and geld ings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 1001., if de manded, Ike. T.Y. C. ii, m, by Lambtoniau, out of Effie, 5 yrs ; Tiny, 3 yrs ; Hahneman, I) yrs ; Robin, aged ; Wilderness, 3 yrs ; br g, by the Pasha, dam by Rei.eller, 4 yrs ; Lucy, 3 yrs ; Dewdrop colt, 3 yrs ; Elfred filly, 3 yrs ; and f, by the Colonel, out of :►Jary Anne, 3 yrs. FRIDAY. The Wokingham Stakes of 5 sous. each ; for three-year olds and upwards (hat.dicap.) The three last three quarters of the new mile. Sweepstake of 10 cove. each ; for three-year-old etJts Ist 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 21b ; 501. will be added if not walked over for; the winner to be sold for 5001. The old mile. The Borough Members' Plate of 501., added to a Screrpstakes of 10 cove each ; fo two-year-olds, 7st ; and 3 yrs, 9st '2lb ; 81- lies and geldings allowed 31bs; the winner to be sold for 2001. Three-quarters of a mile. Plate of 501. fur the beaten horses during the week ; three year-olds, 7st ; 4 yrs Bst 61b ; 5 yrs, Set 131 b ; 6 yrs and aged, Oat 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; winners one,' in 1840, 31bs ; twice, sibs extra ; the winner to be sold for 3301., &c. The old mile. The entries close in the course of the meeting. The following is a list of the horses arrived or expected : Lord Chesterfield's Don John and Gambia; Colonel An son's Black Bess, Lady Sneervrell, and',Nicholas ; Mr. Bowes's Hetrean Platoff; Mr. Robertson's Little Wonder and the Burning Beauty ; Mt, Litchwald's Hyllus ; Mr. Forth's Solace colt; Mr. Dixon's Camellts Mr: Isaac Day's Caravan and Science; Sir G. Ilcathcote's Valentino, Bokhara, f, by Emilius, out of Nanette, 3 yrs, f, by Defence out, of Nanette, 2 yrs, and f, by Huntingdon out of Beauty ; Lord Albrmarle's Domino, Exit, Cambyses, Janus, Spangle, The ephan, and Dr. Dil worth ; Duke of Bedf or d' s f, by A ugus t us out of C. :4irterm, f, by 'Taurus out of Plaything, 2 yrs. and Lucy, 3 yrs • Mr. ;-ornhill's Euclid and Emeti c; M r . P et it' s St. Francis; ' Capt. :‘,?ii liamson's Decision; General Grosvenor's Dtedalus and Miss Anny ; Mr. Phillimore's Tiny ; Mr. V. King's Alsdorf and Ruby ; Mr. Booth's Hahneman ; Colonel Wyndham's Peston jee Bomanjee, f by Nonsense out of Elfred, and c by Ernest out of Mrs. Oakley ; Captain Williamson's Melbourne and Darkness ; Mr. Shelley's The Drama ; Hon, S, Herbert's Arctic; Mr. Gilpin's Blemish; Lord Exeter's AmUrath, Helles pont, and Scutari ; Duke of Richmond's Flambeau and Cra ry Boy; Mr. Combo's c by Actxon out of Eolus ; Mr. Corbct's Jenny Jones; Mr. Alpin's c by Laurel out of Dewdrop; Mr. Matthews's Sam Weller ; Duke of Cleveland's Farce colt ; Duke of Grafton's Currency, Ottoman, and Montreal ; Lord Lynedoch's Jelly. • Greville's Perseus ; Hon. G. Byng's Barabbas ; Rawlinson's Coronation and Chilson ; Mr. Ridsdale's Blooms bury ; Mr. Sigworth's Muleteer ; Mr. I3eresford's Bob Peel ; Captain Gardnor's Anne Boleyn, brother to Enterprise, and f by the Colonel out of Mary Anne ; Colonel Peel's Paganini • Mr. Osbald es t on ' s Auburn; Mr. Bishop's br fby The P as h a , d by Reveller ; Mr. Hervey's b m by Lambtonian out of Effie - Mr. Firth's Wilderness ; Mr. H. Scott's c by Bustard, out of Venus; and Mr. Willan's Robin. MANCHESTER —FRIDAY EVENING. It may reasonably be concluded, that the events now decided over Kersal Moor have almost exclusively attracted the atten tion of the great and little speculators; and it would be super fluous to dwell upon them. For the St. Leger, Crucifix was offered at 3tol in fifties. Launeelot is backed at 4to 1 ; and. 20 to 1 was yesterday offered against Gibraltar. 25 to 1 has been taken of Welfare ; and 50 to 1 hid against Maroon. We have not seen any of the Newton events touched upon to an extent to requirc cyalmei:t. The Epson - i over tolerably well.- Mr. Otway Cave had an interview with the `'ice•President of the Board of Trade on Saturday. • SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURIS'ALti. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The people are thoroughly persuaded that the existence of the Corn-law is injurious to the best interests of the nation ; that it is maintained at the expense of the nation to promote the separate interest of the class which is in pos session of political power. The people believe that the class in poi-session of political power perpetrates this injustice, knotting all the time that it is injustice. The result of this thorough conviction that the higher classes avail them selves of their power to do wrong, may some day be very serious. It has been well observed by a great political writer. that whenever an aristocracy becomes so base and corrupt as to make its power subservient to the promotion of its separate gain, its doom is sealed. Nothing will long reconcile a people to the hate:ul yoke of aristocracy, but a I,en,uasien on the part of the people teat though they are excluded from power, the power is still exercised for their b. , nefit. It was remarked of the aristocracy of Berne, before the French Revolution, that they never used their power to promote their own stains, but set an example of the utmost frugality. 'rue G.vernment might have sub. slated long, but for the French Revolution, which led to the invasion of Switvrland. But the aristocracy of Eng land seek to found lhcir greatnes- on the plunder of those subject to their authorit:- Can it be sate to allow the con viction of this to sink deep into the minds of the people ? It would b•.t p rov i3„, 7 to believe so. No 1 the power which is associated in the miu ,i ' - ' °f 'nen with injustice cannot be c!esii-abic. (From the Times.) • The fact that infanticide has been trightfin, , _ ,v i ncrea.ed by the New Poor-law was established by Mr. la;:te:', nn Wednesday evening, by evidence as copious and cenei,lsive as, under the circumstances, can be obtained. That so r a .- spectable a man as S;r John Campbell could feel himself justified in confronting Mr. Miles'a authenticated details by . a vogue allusion to hear-say reports of an opposite kind, does, we confess, astonish us. Mr. Miles submitted to the House a large induction of specific facts. The Attorney- General was bound to have disproved those facts, and to have adduced others of a contrary character. No wonder the Learned Gentleman's vogue and unsubstantiated asser tions drew forth an expression of suro-ise from Mr. Bennett, of W ltshire, whose natural urbanity must have given the greater force to his rebuke, Mr. Hawes also, who has lately obtained the lucrative \Vitig office of " Master of the wash-tub," contrived in the course of the debate to apply a portion of his suds to these same bastardy clauses : but, although he did his best to rub and rince them into a passable cleanness, their guilty stains, like Lady Mac beth's " damned spot," remain as red and indelible as ever. (From the Morning Post.) It appears to be the general opinion that Ministers will endeavour to huddle up the Sessional business, and pro rogue the Parliament this year sooner than usual. The reason assigned for this is the Ministerial conviction that they can carry nothing in Parliament except what they have framed to meet the views of the Opposition, and that with all their determination to cleave to office they find it rather disagreeable, if not dangerous, to be so fre quently beaten, as they now perceive they ate liable to be, so long as Parliament is sitting. In she:t these popular . Ministers are now arrived at such a po:nt of public favour that to escape open scorn and defeat to °y must escape from Parliament. In the Downing-street offices, and in the halls of the Palace, they find themselves much more at ease, for in those localities they are sure that neither the honesty of their policy, nor the pro foundness of their wisdom, will be called in question ; but within the walls of Parliament the case is very different, and then there come those plaguy things, the Journals, which so inconveniently communicate what happens in Parliament to the public. (From the Morning Herald.) Neither the Russell nor the Pigot bills would have been heard of had not Lord Stanley resolved to prosecute with vigour and effect the purification of the Irish register. With a reformed system of registration,—a system puri fied from fraud and perjury, O'Connell knows that ho could no more exist as the bloated boroughmonger of Ire land, than those noxious reptiles that thrive and flourish in darkness and corruption, could exist in the light of heaven, or breathe freely in a purified atmosphere. The sun of the " father of reform" resorts to the most shabby trickery to perpetuate in Irclant the most flagitious abuses of the representative system that ever rendered the " Referm Act" a mockery and a lie. But what can be said of either the understanding or the principles of the m in who gravely asserted, in the face of Parliament and the public, that Ministers had al lowed the ballot to be made an " open question" for the purpose of defeating it! he being one of those very Minis ters, and therefore wishing to get credit for a share in po licy watch, according to his own account, was founded in the most egregious fully or the grossest fraud. Whatever we may think of the present chief of the Home Depart ment, we confess that we would rather things remained as they are, than that such a person as Lord Howick should be placed at the head of the Administrative Justice of the country. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN MAIL. BRUSSELS, JUNE 11 . —ln the sitting of the Second Chamber of to-day, M. Delahayc desired that a report might be made without delay on a petition of shipowners and merchants of Ghent, who complain of the pretensions of Holland which obliged ships navigating the canal of Terneuzen, to pay, in addition to the duty of 1 florin 50 cents per ton fixed by the treaty, that of 54 cents. He re commended this matter to the attention of the Government. The Chamber then continued the debate on the project of law for building steam-boats, for the purpose of Trans atlantic navigation, for which the Government asks 400,000 francs. The central section propose to grantonly 200,000 fr. BRUSSELS, JUNE 12.—0 n Sunday next a To Deum will be performed in the church of Gudule, on account of the happy deliverance of the Queen and the birth of a Princess. The Leipsig Gazette has the following letter : " BERLIN, JUNE Russians have lately arrived here, who have brought us information respecting the events in the Caucasus and the expedition against Khiva. " The brave mountaineers have acted on a concerted plan, and the Russians have sustained considerable losses. They are commanded by Englishmen, and more especially by Polish officers, who instruct them in the at t of war, and inspire them with their feelings of enmity. They have established manufactories of powder and arms. " As for the entrance of the Russians into Khiva, *Lich has been mentioned in the English newspapers, it is a fable; the remains of the expedition have returned in the most miserable condition." The Belgian Chamber finished yesterday, in an evening sitting, the debate on the Transatlantic Steam Navigation. The project was agreed to by a majority of 52 to 10. The proposal of the Government to allow 400,000 francs per annum for 13 years, was preferred to that of the Central Section, which recommended 200,000 francs per annum for 20 years. The project of law relating to the financial matters having been unanimously adopted, the Chamber adjourned sine die. TRIESTE, JUNE 2.—The Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parma arrived here with a numerous suite in the Arch duke Charles steam•boat from Venice, and will proceed to-morrow on her way to Vienna. The Observatore Triescino of to-day says, " Some journals have erro neously stated that M. Mertaltlo, the Austrian Consul of Damascus, is a Jew. We are requested to declare posi tively that he was born at Sussen, a town in the province of Trieste, and is of the Roman Catholic religion, and his family, now at Trieste, are also Catholics. We are happy to learn from Vienna, that the Emperor is very favourable to the plan for an iron rail-road be tween this city and Vienna. We may therefore confi dently hope that no long time will elapse before the great work is don... THE HAGUE, JUNE 10.—The Court goes into mourn ing to-day for the late King of Prussia. M. Bochassen is again going to Paris with further in structions relative to the negotiations of a commercial treaty between France and the Netherlands. BERLIN, JUNE 9 AND 10.—The Prussian State Gazette of the 9th contains the article re,pecting the King's death, already published. from the Hamburg Borsenhalle. • . . BERLIN, JUNE 10.—Orders arc given for the Court's going into mourning - for three months for his Majesty Frederick William 111 His Majesty's death was so lemnly announced from the pulpit in all the churches on Whit-Monday. be:LG lis N t UNDS-111U7SSELS, JUNE 12. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Colt 1 1 :_il.i, Loan cf Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. -- 3 per Cent. 7554 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent 9l►,i, Soclety of Commerce, 4b g perCent llO Bank of Beknum, 5 per Cent 895;, National Society. ..... ....... Exchange on LonfleA (short) —Brussels Papers, June 12. DUTCH FUND:.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE 'l. Money. Bill!. nevi:ll 1);:bt, , :iN, percent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Airoit sviidic,4 l ,,, per , ent 9 l -2V., :2) , i Ditto, (Btu), 3V, per cent 7614 'r7!..i Commercial Company, U. per cent 179 1130 DAto (1535 and 1537) 5 per cent. Loan 1537, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 97}i Two months —Dutch Papers, June 11. HAMBURG ISOR.SENH A LLE, JUNE 12. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares ls6d 1V . 2 A nilo-Russian Loan 109% 109!9 Russian 5 per Cent. !st series, Certificate Inscription, Ist Se. ies — 134 Russian 5 pet Cciit. Hop, and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... .... , — 93 3 „i Ditto in CertificatCs Dutch Actual Debt, 4i pc Cent 52, ,E 57.38 Ditto :) per Cen' 99 Polish Bond; New ticket Anglo. I )anish Loan, 3 per CCP' 75% r. 75% !:;orwegian Loan, 11434, 4 per A..eal'... lO2 •anish, New .3 per Cents. v EXCHANGE LW . LONDON. 1-lAmeutla, JUNE 12.-13. 51,1—Twn months, 13 4. CLIRISTIANIA. JUNE 3.—Three mont hs, 4 96. STOCKHOLM, JUKE s.—Seventy-Ave days. 12. I. BERLIN. JUNE 3.—'Three months, 6. 19 PETERSRURGII, JuNe ;I.—Two months, 33 11-16 pence. AUNTREA N FUNDS.—V,'eJna, Juse 5 live per Cants. Matalliques - ......... .......... ......... ... 1.09 !-i Fong per Cents lO2 Pree iwr Cents. B;:a1: :,haresl66o .„„!ilgenzeine Zeitung, June 10 THUSSLAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, JUNE 9. 11 kits. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent. l('3 102yi k Prussian English Loan, P 430, 4 per cent 10.1 102;4 Is;xchange on London, three months 6 19 —Prussian State Gaz•elle, June 11. Mr. Duff, M.P., h.ls paired off for a week with the Hon. Henry Cooper As:110y. Mr. Robert Hollond has . paired off with Mr. Hugh Cholmondelev for a week. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. —Mr. Pinkus calls our attention to a paragraph in The g n , n of the 12th inst., in which the invention of the atmospheric r,,ilway is attributed to Mr. Clegg and Mr. Samuda, and desires tn• to state that he is the " author and patentee of the Pneuma,`ic or Atmospheric Railway." We cannot decide between the pas -ties, but certainly it appears from a report of the Pneumatic Rail way Associati?first n, published in this Journal on the 28th of Febra. 183, - 3 . the D;ree-o,:ri pve the merit o the ' i n vention • There will be a l'rivy Cull-tit:l t his al, erhooti at Buckingham Palace, when, we understand, a da wl. l l be fixed, y for a public thanksgiving for the providential escape of her Ma jesty and her Royal Consort from the hands of the assassin. EVENING EDITION. EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL VGA v TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. TIIE QUEEN v. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. SIR, —Finding from the reports in the Papers that there may be some [lli apprehension regarding the n i ature and extent of the return made to this mandamus, n re ference to the Company's want of funds to complete the railway further than to Colchestet, we beg to enclose the short-hand writer's report of the discussion which took place between Sir William Follett and the Judges on this subject, when the c.:se was argued on the 10th iastant, and we request that this report may be inserted in your Paper. We arc, Sir, your obeAi en t s ervants. ROY, BLUNT, DUNaAN, and JOHNSTON. 19, Great George-street, June 13, 1840. The following is the Report of the discussion referrect to : The ATTOUNET-GENERAL had statvd that it did not lie in their mouth to say they had no money, because the A ct of Parliament cave them power to borrow and take; mone % lie ( Sir W. Follett) had already stvted that the whole of the fonds in their hands, together with all they had pew ° to raise, would not be sufficient for thearpose ; and s urely there was nothing that had been said or dtne by the Act tf Parliament, or the parties, that could not preven t that answer being returned to the mandamus. In the case be had alreadY put of the London and Birmingham Railway , power had been given them under their first act to raise two mil e lio c h s ' which confessedly was not sufficient to do the work, for t " fact was, it had cost five millions: supposing a ;random° had been applied for to compel that Company to comP iet d e the work with the money which the Legislature had p lace at their disposal, and within which they were res tricte d, h e w ,, , uld a. , it their Lordship whether they would make t he ru l e abs,,lute for a mandamus, and make them do it ? l'"e Court coin,' not do it. Me, Justice PATTESON—That was not this case. The defendant had no; said so. Sir Wm. For.J.„vrr --With great deference, they h ad so said. TN N . ic t hey h a d , A Mr. Justice rarTasost.—.., ..aa, o f course th a t an answer. his Learned Friend said as Sir \V. FoLLErr—That' ' c o . not au answer, and that was lb e ver y p oint they wer e n° discussing. a d Mr. Justice PATTESON—He did not understand the - - sa torney-General to argue any such thing. He said yob plenty of money, and that you had not shown you had use Sir W. FOLLETT—He said we bad power to raise sum of money, but not that we had sufficie nt money in (3" hands. Mr. JUSTICE PATTESON-.--YOU have stated that ti and money you have actually rased has been expended, ~" i ca that there is only a small balance left in your h a nds, II is not sufficient ; that is all you rave stated. teilli.: Sir \V. FOLLETT—The return ra i se that in distinct that the money the Company have pt , wer to borroW A t te ll under the act in every way is net sufficient. P a . ot , to, events, it was so intended to be done, a od if it was 1 done, he should ask their Lordships for p ermission tu traduce that in to the return. A ~a it Mr. JUSTICE PATTESON —lf that was soy he ha - A r e s assed u -rong. Tue return stated that the Comp any ha d ~ a 953,0451., whereas the Act of Parliament on hun dred rely, e xpressly states, that one million three " thousand Founds has been already subscribed. di d n ot Sir W. FO.I. 7 . , ETT—He apprehended his Lordshir-..letura recollect the precbe statement in the return. The 'not stated that they had borrowed a sum of money arn - re ing to a large sum, namely, 953,0451., and then the e , re , turn proceeded thus—" ant'we do further ce rtif y &I co r turn, that we, the said Eastern Counties RailwaY, d t he pany, have partly laid out and expended, and aPpisicebes said sum of money last mentioned in paying and dl n taair ing all costs and expenses incurred in applying for' ; - 1 o the r ing, and passing the said last mentioned Act, of a' it , its expenses preparatory, or relating thereto, and patro n of p atio.; o f fur, and towards purchasing a certain large the land, which we are by the said last-mentioned A l e y is Parliament empowered to take or use, an d P ar s a t o'cO' making and ntaintaining, the said Railway and othe r at iota and in otherwise carrying the said Acts into exec cooed' and that the residue of the said sums so raised. taken up, and received respectiv el y as aforesaid, gal n ias to a certain small sum of money, to wit, the sum 01 thousand eight hundred and ninety two pounds , tw w ,i , an' in our hands undisposed of, unused, unapropriate . ir applied, and ready to be laid taut, and experacie an: t he plied, in making and maintainiog the said railwaYlleiglia said Acts authorized, and in otherwise carrying t olio; Acts into execution, which said hest-mentioned. rerl! ch a s sum, together with the residue of the moneys vi, bl ut her . are by the said Acts of Parliament e mpowered see. a _ . far izod to raise, boirow, and take, demand , or said the purpose of making and complete ng the said r h ,, se ef is wholly inadequate and insufficient for the W e b ; sai d the lands necessary to the making an d completing' andt islcg• railway, lying between Colchester an d Norwich, , w sa d wich and Yarmouth, aforesaid, and for the le alt toscil borrentipet completing the said railway in the sa id writ ni j e c r Ei. on and for these reasons and causes, w C , t he e s e i ec t to res it ! Counties Railway Company, have not N wicb 80,,' and complete a railway from .Londo.l to CO' Yarmouth, and passing by Romford. Chelmsford ' i s i o n of the chester, and Ipswich, according to t'ac v-ov manner er and said statutes in the said writ men tinne d, 1 , 1 11 form as by the said writ we are consManue-* interval Mr. Justice PATTESON—He did not w ish to d he a id Sir W. Follett in his argument, but be confe sse not so understand it. A t 10 Sir W. FOLLETT-He should feel much ,Oblige " 0 procc or Lordship to state to him his difficulty. hi s Mr. Justice PATTESON—SFoIIett might W. Fotl ti-1i-1 own course. W. OLLETT —He did not undersl and what ls h . Lot ' ship meant. 11 l Mr. Justice PATTESON—He did not nderstand the l v i in which Sir W. Follett. put it, but he p robably and bye. He might take his own cours 0, s hould ~, would not make him understand it. li' 6l suggest to Sir W. FOLLETT—WouId hif Lordsb ip his difficulty ? ~, txJ, Mr. Justice PATTESON—He understood' the re- - r , ll t as that the total sum raised in any way was; 953, 00 ' that so or not? de ter w Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT—That is how he ullThr:eol - He understood the return to state &at a certa..-,htbs and no doubt, o r money, 953,0451., had been raised, that ti'lat sum , 01 '4 I V exception of 9,8921. had been exended .'n t works. That the remainder oft hat 953',0,. tbi" they ive° then in their hands, together with all the mcneY,t,'ili ttl° enabled nndes the Act to borrow or to . len Inn ° jr° 'II subscribers, would be inadequate for the ptn - P ule ; est e ,xecutiot? of weo was the intention of the return, whether i't Yi a 5 5- or not, / tog s ; Mr. Justice PATTESON—\ VaS it stated th lit 9,5' 5 , 0 0,0 01 ' they with the balance between 953,045/. ;aod t2l " was not sufficient? ° ! t hr thata, t , b . Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT— It was stated dist:incw, dip-c money remaining in their hands, together with til t e i t Jed, t ,t ence between 953,045/. and what they w ere en-,,- Ate raise, ever supposing they had the power to Wrl e lida te ; the Act gate them power to receive, would be in* A bs ai r Mr. Justice PATTESON—WdS it stated that If i ,, tb 6 i could be raised in addition to what was al re ady ‘ , J et ° bands would be .adequate to carry out thin P urr tip' Act ? in Itti e `;'it Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT—That was what was V t o e coov Mr. Justice PA TTISON—Then he h ad misuacie, 0035 altogether. The language was " emp owered at oji, el rized to raise," which he thought meant raise b 4 ° op° moitgage; he had no idea that meant raise O r ~ e ic e subscription. reo - d ss Sir W. FOLLETT—The words " demand or , it ' were put for the express purpose of marking. then' intended to apply to raising by original sub•erT, tl°- ' : 45 Mr. Justice I'ATTEsON He now understood it. sir Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE Th Act, at all even"' e power to raise more money. i , Sir W. FOLLETT—There were clauses that woe:J:10c, a small further sum to be raised ; trot the Lee rec „"h ad s or , Mr. Justice Pattison, must allow him to say th e ?,., to b h e visedly stated it, " all that the Act rilabled th el " h ich ',.. a row," in order to cover the whole of the NO /1 1.0 sla t Legislature had placed at their disposal, and t " - t , d i that that was wh ( slly inadequate for the purpos e ' re Mr. Justice PATTEIiON—If that wAs w ell re -ti was a matter that ought to be traversed. _-...- IS 11' LIKE ? , 4 ,4 ° ro Th , , , following bijou, rescued from a repos ,l t o ll r tiL the br togot," may help to amuse at this time , a b arid, perhaps, the bard n' PORT RA I ( T Fro O m F M L e OTRiDmes). STANI,EI(' Half Whig, half Tory, like those midway bi e ' Twixt bird and beast, that by mistake ha ve ° I " A mongrel statesman, 'twist tvo factionnurs.t, Who of the faults of each combin es the The Tory's loftiness, the Whiggling's sneer, The leveller's rashness and the bigot's fear; The thirst for meddling, restless still to show, How freedom's clock, repaired by them, will g °; Th' alarm when others, more sincere than they' Advance the hands to the true time of day- T By he N b lo o t y he w r as C d h a u n r d ch le , d hi i g n h hi f s ed da a w nd n hofaufagsl.,,tey.; tdan'oe:oue Listening she smiled, and blessed the fliPI- 4nt On which the fate of unborn tithe pigs hunts Ah ! who shall paint the grandam's grim dtsa When loose Reform enticed her boy awaY ; m ap When shock'd she heard him ape the rabble' 14 " s And in old Sarum's fate foredoom her own uar ell e Groaning, she cried, while tears rolled down "1 0 spc s ' Poor glib-tongued youth, he means not wha t Like oil at top, these Whig professions flow, But, pure as lymph, runs Toryism belogr• Alas! that tongue should start thus in the rac Ere mind can reach and regulate its pact' ;,V146 rainc• For, once outstripped by tongue, poor lagk , At every step still further limps behind. be, But, bless the boy ! whate'er his wandering Still turns his heart to Toryism end me- ti Like those odd shapes pourtrayed ir , Dante's :;10., With heads fixed on the wrong and backward His feet and eyes pursue a diverse track, „„ hacic. f While those march onward, these look forlit'J d a y o ral And well she knew him—well foresaw tu ° W higs Which now bath come, when snateh'el fo n ' , o re, The self-made changeling drops the mask he m ore. And ruts, restor'd in Granny's arms once But whither now, mixt brood of modern light ht' And ancient darkness, canst thou bend thy d i g Tried by both factions, and to neither true, Fcar'd by the old school, laugh'd at by the net .° For this too feeble, and for that too rash-- This wanting more of fire, that less of flash' Lone shalt thou stand, in isolation cold, Betwixt two worlds, the new one and the old, A small and vex'd Bsrmoothes," which the ey e Of "muri'us s , ronen sees, and passes by." ,•e )11°t smith, Mr . 'i Ven a b b d Ibotso ,I‘/ P llf io r r il(real had an interview with - the President of the sear on Saturday.