The Sun. — London, England, 1840-04-23 00:00:00

RE. MARKETS.-(111 . 1. DAY.) f . HUNGERFORD MARKET. `l .,l l 6l l'et', fair, and prices much as 1 efore. The demand PrettF,,,tood. Turbot., ss. to 21s. ; Cod, 2 s . 6d. to Bs. ; Soles, 110(1..*“) 4s. per pair ; Lobsters Is. to 4s. ; Salmon, 2s. 6d. :P e r 'L• Beef, 71d. to 8 1 1 . 5 d.; Aluttor, 71d. to ; Veal, 444. b •to 9 cl; Pork. 7 d. to 80. per lb. Of Vegetables the !•; 'supply was good, and prices on the decline. BILLINGSGATE NIARKET. G ood supplies, and a fair demand ; prices steady. Turbot S. to 20s. Cothos, 64. to Bs. Lobster s 10d. to 4s. Salmon / •-) • • o —s. 6d. per lb. Whitings 4d. to 6d. Haddocks 6d. to ls• Mackasel 4d. to 10d. Soles 9d. to 4s. per pair. HAY MARKETS. in Oupplies m o d era t e , and demand middng; prices much as ,-ore. Hay, 30s. to 90. ; Clover, 70s. to 12s. ; Straw, 3 35. to 425. per load. 13.YTALLOW MARKET. . C, quiet at 5:25. fid. - COLONIAL 3I ARKET. Not much done in any kind of East.or Wcst India produce. 13 P. Sugar rather improved in demand, and prices in some cases about 6d. per cent. higher, viz., 5Ss. Gd. to 70s. ; Re fined goods rather dearer; Coffee flat, and nearly all that was Put lip was bought in; 4,816 bac,i Mauritius Sugar sold at about 60s, to tiS. TEA SALE—SECOND DAN. - ;‘;ot quite so good a feeling to purchase m the car arket rather Ul.tter ; prices scarcely so gwd they were in part .of the sale. More than two-thirds of what has been put up been bought in. • • INDIGO SALE---EIGHTH DAY. Gochl and fine shipping sort, in the briskelt request, 1,, 0w qualities dull prices, just as they were. LLoYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) —,--- 1 LIVERPOOL, APRIL 22. -Wind W. N. W.. Arrived the Richard, from Calcutta ; Trusty, Whit way, Monte Video; Regalia, Cobb, St. Domingo; Othello, Gruchey, IllUnduras ; Oxford, Rathton, New York, sailed March al ; Sarah and Arabella, Gardner, ditto ; Mary Wylie, Miller, Port Cabello; Ann, Johnson, New Orleans; Su lperior, Taylor, Grcenhowe; Agiloic, Charleston e Sand d)ich, Bisphan, Derner.ra. Sailed the 6th ult., Mantura, 'r creeira. Sailed the Columbus, Green, Pernambucco ; tiorsford, Warnock, Tarnpicel Richard Anderson, Ben- Ilea, New York ; Diana, Mller, Quebec. DEAL, APRIL 22.—.Wvad S.—Arrived the Eleanor, Bar tlett, South Setv.. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 22 —Wind W.—Arrived off the Balstrazzar, Malaga. FALM"krI:TiI, APRIL 21.—Wind N. N. W., fresh breezes. F A rr:ve' . l the Emerald, Varty, Pariaba ; Pak en h am , , I° A., ditto; Diadem, Mitchell, Port-au. Prince ; Lady ':it'll Hastings, Brown, Jacreell, with part of cargo gown overboard ; Areturas, Hough, Sierra Leone. Sailed the Eleanor, Davidson, Quebec; Queen, Chreston, Aliramichi. BluouToN, APRIL 2_,—Off port the Diana, Dudman, from Singapore. CowEs, APRIL 9 2. Arrived the Lord Anson, Le .. nouef, from Mmenzas ; Ci Mendizona, Havanna ; Maria ELzabeth, Foukes, Rio Janeiro. TEIG NMOUTII, APRIL 22 —Sailed the Friendship, for N ewfoundland. , JERSEY, AP RIL hl. —Sailed the Wyburn, Peronette, f or ttio Janeiro; Iris, Bertram, Newfoundland. BRISTOL, Aran. 22.—Arrived the Englishman, from Africa Sailed the Hartlepool, Herbert, for Quebec. SWANS^A, APRIL 21.—Arrived the Jim Crow, Gal way, from Cuba. Walker, APRIL 21.—A rr i ve d t h e Ki ng W illiam, Walker, from Quebec ; Duneannon, Richebucto. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 22.—The Lady C-ampbell, bound to this port, was lent over the Bar at Demerara the :6th ult., to sail the follow ink; day. RAMSGATE, APRIL 22—The. Triumph, White, arrived to-dary, wi t h l oss o f b owspr i t, figure-head, cutwater, an d othe damage, having been in contact off the North Fore land this morning with the Jane Smith, Swanton, Smyrna to London. tiN v I ()N • COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDA s.—At three o'clock this after l'-aon, her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Duchess of kent, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, in pony phaetons and pairs, and the Royal visit ors an d suite, in carriages and on horseback, rode out into the Great Park and Forest drives. In th e early part of the day the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a pony phaeton, attemled by Lady Anne Ma ria DaY:son, Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness. Lo',A George: Lennox and th e Hon. William Cowper took. their departure this morning from the Castle. With tire exception of these gentlemen, the Royal dinner party txt the Castle this evening will be composed of the same company as yesterday. The Rev. Dr. Keatc and the Rev. Mr. Digby had the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner on Sunday evening at the Castle. 'or Majeety the Queen Dowager and her Serene High_ titss the riuchess Ida cf Saxe Wiemar took a drive to ilighga•,e and Hampstead yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Majesty and her Serene Highness yesterday at Marl. borotgh House. l'he Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta Yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Marquis of Lansdowne left hi s res id ence , B owoo d park, Wilts, yesterday on his return to town. NDespatches from Sir C o li n C amp b e ll , G overnor o f ee Scotia, and also f rom Si r J. H arvey, G overnor o f O Brunswick, were recei ve d yester d ay at t h e Colonial R 1 LAND: DUBLIN, APRIL 21. Merarree or TILE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR JUS• TICE 01; REPEAL.—A meeting of this Society was held to-day in the Corn Exchange. 11. J. LOteghttan in the Chair. Several new raetribees were admitted, ainengt whom were three of Mr. O'Connell's grandsons. His worihy heiraatalaw (to use the words of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman) Daniel O'Connell, his brother John, and Daniel O'Connell John. Mr. O ' CONNELL rose to speak at quarter past three o'clock. Before he read the report of the Committee, lea alluded to the building of a new bridge. He thought it essentially necessary that such a bridge a'tould be built, if the citizens had the means ; bet he considered it arrant robbery to tax the city foe the purpose in its present dies tressed condition. He wished to state that he had been in correspondence and intercourse with the heads of the Woods and Forests to endeavour to procure h f.rart for the building, and he believed if they got a grant no one would object to it. The way in which they were circumstanced in this respect wet ono of the eftecta of the Union. The Parliament g ate 75,000 L for the building of t ire ll:mites Tunnel, but the Iriii . nation had~ ue l jtifitt of getting a farthing directly to ouild a badges the Legislature gave this large sum cf 111 9:1011 b etre instance to build a bridge rimier water, 'ant they mould not give anything to erect a bridge over it Dublin. But there was a fend Which ought to belong to Ireland, he .alluded ter the revenue of Woods and Fo rests of Ireland 'oVit of which the bridge should be erected —the revene of the Government property in Ireland.`. that revenue had been applied for meray years to orna menting Charing- Cross, and building that house in which the " fine arts' were exhibited—the National Gallery. Perhaps the agitati on o f t h e R epea l question might he a spur to tin Ireland a little pecuniary justice.—( Hear, bear.) The first report which he had to make was that which related to the state of representatien for Ireland in the united Parliament. Upon the face of their association there wag en alternative proposed—" Justice or Repeal" was the motto. It was said that lie held out the Repeal question merely as a menace—and in that way a sus picion had gone abroad that they Were not real repeaters, but that he used the Repeal in terrorein, and thus pre vented the ready accession to their numbers which would felloW if it were generally believed that they were in earnest. He was convinced that, before he left Dublin, not a human being would diabelitive the sincerity of his Repeal agitation.—(Chtiert.) He was thoroughly con vinced that there Was nothing else for Ireland but Repeal. In allusion to the death of Mr. Drummond, the Hon, and Learned Gentleman said, that if he was remarkable for nothing else than for his . attention to the dirties attached to property, his mem o ry should he revered by the people —and upon his tomb should be inscribed- as his best memorial bls own emphatic words, " Property has its duties as well as its rights, (Loud cheer ing-. ) In reference to the absentee system, he said that he was obliged to be an ebsentee, but if they had a Local Parliament they would take care that the duties attached to property should be as strictly enforced as the rights of that property were main teined by the individual.e-(Heae, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then adverted to the first speech he made in eublic, which avaa in opposition to the Union, and pro wised to read it for the next meeting, as every act of his political career since would be found embodied in it. He also recommended the propriety of preparing and priming reports, in which the grievances of the people of Ireland would be detailed, and a copy of them fur nished to every member of the Houses of Lords and Commons. After contrasting the population of . this country with that of P o rtu ga l, Sp a i n , H o ll an d, Belgium, end other countries which had legislatures, Mr. O'Con nell read a long and elaborate report which was adopted and passed, and is to be printed. A copy is to be sent to every member of Parliament. The Learned Gentleman then read a document (of which we subjoin an extract) stating the expediency of collecting a Repeal Rent, also an address of the National Association of Ireland to the people of Ireland, on the subject of this Repeal Rent : " The Committee to whom it was referred to take into consideration the establishment of a REPEAL RENT,' and the best mode of rendering the same effectual, have agreed to the following report : " Your Committee are unanimously of opinion that it is essential to the success of the great movement which has been commenced for the restoration of the DOMESTIC LEGISLATURE or IRELAND, that a public fund should be instituted without delay, in order to defray the necessary and indeed inevitable expenses attendant on our proceedings. " As these proceedings are in their nature legal and constitutional, so the application of such fund should be public in all the details of its collection and application. " We, therefore, recommend the immediate establish ment of a National Fund, tole called " THE REPEAL RENT." The collection of this Rent is to be placed under the management of a Finance Committee composed of 21 members of the National Association, who are to appoint a Treasurer. The accounts are to be settled every three months, and the books containing them to be open to the inspection of the members of the Association. Every subscriber to the amount of one shilling will be inserted as a Repealer in the lists of the Repealer& FUNERAL OF THE LATE Ma. DRUMMOND.—The remains of Mr. Drummond were this morning (Tuesday) conveyed from the Under-Secretary's Lodge in the Placenix. Park, to their place of interment in the Cemetery of Mount Jerome, in Harold's-cross. Nine o'clock was the hour fixed for the starting of the sad procession, but for nearly an hour before that time private carriages and vehicles of every description were seen thronging towards the Park, and an immense concourse of spectators were also in the neighbourhood. It was arranged that the carriages con taining the chief mourners and a few of the most intimate friends of the deceased, would accompany his remains from his late residence, and all other carriages were to be drawn up within the precincts of the Viceregal Lodge; the dis tance of the Under-Secretary's Lodge from this point being about two hundred yards. Breakfast was provided for the private friends of the de ceased, who appeared as principal mourners in this melan choly ceremony. The coffin which was used appeared to be quite plain ; but, we understand, there was, first, a mahogany coffin lined with white satin ; this was encased within a leaden one, and a strong oak coffin, covered with superfine black cloth, enveloped both. It had a large brass plate, on which was inscribed—" Thomas Drummond, Esq., died 15th April, aged 40 years." At ten o'clock the coffin was placed in the hearse, when the procession moved from the Under-Secretary's Lodge. The train having passed from the Under- Secretary's Lodge, turned to the left on the main road towards town, when the immense train of carriages, which bad formed within the park of the Vice-regal Lodge, fell into the general procession. There were nearly two hun dred carriages. When the head of the procession reached the gate of the Cemetery, at Mount Jerome, the coffin was taken from the hearse, the principal mourners taking their place, and the pall being borne by the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rollq, Judges Perrin and Ball, Baron Richards and Major-General Sir J. Burgoyne. The Rev. Mark Perrin, one of the Chaplains to his Excellency the Lord Lieute nant, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Peed, Chaplain of the Ce metery Church, performed the usual funeral service, in which he read the 15th chap. Ist Corinthians in a feeling and most impressive manner. The church at this moment presented a most imposing apnearat,ce—the coffin containing the remains of the la mented gentleman was laid upon the communion table, with the large lid, or plume of black feathers, covering it. At one side stood his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ire -1 end, dressed in a suit of plain black, and only distinguished from the crowd of gentlemen about him by wearing a small slyer star on his breast. On the opposite side stood Lord M irpeth. These noblemen appeared to be deeply affected at the loss which they had sustained ; indeed, there was a pie ure of universal regret and sorrow on the brow of al t every individual present. At the conclusion of the ser ice, the body was brought to that portion of the Ce me •ry set apart for its reception. It is a proof of the est ern which was felt for Mr. Drummond by those per sou who had the pleasure of being in his office and under his direc.ions, that a joint request was made by ten or teelve gentlemen to be allowed to lower his remains into the grave, and this sad ceremony was accordingly per formed. Shortly after one o'clock the tomb closed over the remains of as good a man in private life, and as effi cient a public officer, as ever the world produced.—Dublin Evening Post. It is most grateful to our feelings, and it must be most satisfactory to the people of Ireland, to find the universal voice of the press, throughout the Empire, bearing testi mony of Mr. Drummond's single-heartedness and inte grity as a man, as well as his zeal and superlative ability as a statesman. CONNAUGHT.—The reformers of this province are up and stirring, to oppose Lord Stanley's so-called Regis tration Bill. A requisition is in progress of signature for a Provincial Meeting, to be held at Ballinasloe, on the 30th instant, which, we have no doubt, will be nume rously and respectably attended.—lbid. We regret to announce the death, from fever, of Tho mas Forde, Esq., Chairman of Roscommon, which took place this morning at his residence in Mountjoy-square. —lbid. GAMING AND DVELLING.—On the 17th inst., Mr. Bur goyne, a medical student, was brought up to Henry-street police-effice, charged with being about to be concerned in an affair of honour with a Mr. Brett Brady. The difference that led dot only to the intended but also to an actual bleach of the peace, it appears arose out of the following circumstances :—On the even ing before, the parties drank, played cards, and quar relled at a public-house in Britain -street; one told the other that he was cheating, the other told him that be lied ; kicks, cuffs, and handy grips followed on both sides; the combatants were separated, and a challenge to mole deadly strife at half-past six the next morning, on the fatal " fif teen," followed. Those intermeddling busy-bodies the police, however, getting wind of the matter, stepped in and spoiled the affair by arresting Mr. 13urgoyne the same night at his residence, 8, Percy-place. The other belligerent escaped the fav o ur intended for him at their hands, and still keeps his corpus out of their clutches. The captured was held to bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties—Surgeon A uchinleck, and Counsellor James Doherty, in 100/. each, that he should keep the peace. The Duke of Devonshire, Earl and Countess of Zetland, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, Duchess de Can nizzaro, Lord and Lady Clarina, Lady Jane Hamilton, Right Hon. Edward Ellice, Hon. Colonel Dawson o nld a b o Darner, Lord i f se 3i Sr at h present R. u rb a n n e t , i Alfred Paget, Lady Caroline Cavendish, ar IN Lad lary u nda s q sof,areDouglas, among h ViscountteEnglish L e f ve s o • n a ' sh n in Paris. ELGIN COUNTY ELECTION.—.Th e writ for the election of a Member of Parliament for the combined counties of Elgin and Nairn, in the room of Colonel the Hon. F. W. Grant of Grant, resigned, was received by the Sheriff on Tues da,' morning ; and Saturday the 25th curt. has been fixed for prOcee,ling to the election at Forres. From the list o f names attached to the requ isition, a majority of the electors have al• ready come forward in support of Major Cumming Bruce. It i is therefore more than probable that he will be elected without any show of opposition.—Edinburgh Advertiser. FASHION ABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Frederick Henry Bathurst, at Mirart's Hotel, from Wiltshire; Sir "Henry and Lady Pynn, at the Albemarle Hotel; the Hon. Hugh Fortescue, Sir Trayton and Lady Drake, Sir John Guise, Mr. Andrew and Lady Elizabeth 120 rummond, the Hon. Lady Borough, Lady and Miss Napier, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thellusson, Cap_ t'lain and Mrs. Hugh Fitzroy, Lady Agnes Buller, Lord arid Lady Southwell and the Hon. Misses Southwell, Lord and Lady Catt e ret, in Hill -street; Mr. and Mrs. Vert, Pine and Miss Emily Fanc, the Hon. Mr. William Stan , ley, the Hon. Mrs. Manwell. the Hon. Spencer Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. Lord Primate of Ireland, for Dublin ; Colonel douverie, for Newmarket ; Captain Knox, for Maidstone; Sir John Smith, Bart., for Kent ; Colonel Verner, M. P., for Ireland ; Mr. Hyde Gieg, M.P., from the Burling ton Hotel ; Mr. Fellowes, M.P., for Cambridgeshire; Lord and Lady Worsley, for Sussex ; Mr. Chichester, P.P., for Arlin g t on C , lirt. Devon ; Watts Russell, Esq , rota the Clarendon Hotel, for Brighton ; Sir Frederick and Lady Hamilton, for Leamington Spa; Lady Eliza beth C ole, for Twickenham ; Lord Ilford, for Bedford shire; Lord and Lady Dinorben, for Brighton. HE LATE Mn. WooD's WILL—The cost of conducting the proceedings before the Privy Council is en ,? rr n°os• Our liber a l Gl o u ces ter Town Council voted away c v ul:V. from the borough fund for this purpose last week ! The o leading counsel engaged on the part of the Corporation each require, we are told, fees of 3001., besides additional Ices the matter in Cow t. This is a pleasant prospect for the rate- PaYers ! Gloucester Paper. The Gazette de France of the 20th inst, pub ,lint's a procl amat i on o f Cabrera, in which he confesses his i i • Lle sa and his re l apse, w i t h out p l a i n l y announc i ng th e s t a t e o f is health at the time of his writing. The Carlist General ex- Presies hopes which the recent checks of his party have not realized, especially the taking of Aliaga. • BODY FOUND IN THE RIVER.—An inquest Ras testerday held before Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, et the Roy a l O a k , Paradise -street, Ro ' therhithe, on the hady of ;gentleman, age d a b out 4 5 , w hi c h was taken out of the r i ver on and. mornin g . Th e d ecease d was d resse d i n a su i t o f bl ac k, 7. had on a b rown great coat. H i s shirt, of fine linen, was eked " Ak e d." A w hi te h an d kerc hi ef was round h i s neck. He Wore worsted stockings, and the right foot was deformed in itr emarkable manner. He is supposed to have been in the found about th ree wee k s . A k ey an d a pa i r o f spectac l es were Round in his pockets. The Coroner directed that the clothes should be taken care of by the beadle. Verdict, " Found dead in the river, but how or in what manner the deceased came there the Jury had no evidence." Mr. Trotter, baronial constable of Meath, who absconded, 1,200/. in debt, was taken on board an American passenger-vessel in Dublin last week, and the magistrates of the Head-office committed him. THE SWEDISH CIVIL LIST.-The States Committee of Sweden have proposed that the King's civil list shall continue to be 420,000 dollars. They propose for the Crown Prince 170,000, and, as needle money of the Crown Princess, 20,000, which, with some minor allowances, forms a total amount of 675,210 dollars. It appears that the statement in the Audience of Mr. Carter having met with an accident, from an attack by his tiger at Cahors is untrue. Mr. Carter was not even in the department when it was said to have taken place, but proceeded direct from Toulouse to Bordeaux, where lie arrived on the 14th. The Bordeaux papers state that he could not agree upon Srrns for his app earance a t any o f t h e B or d eaux th eatres , an d 14 tended to go to Nantes. , LONDON F LO A TING BATHS.—We l earn w ith Pleasur e that a Company is formed for the establishment of con venient baths on the river Thame4, for the use of the inhabi ,ants of London generally, but more particularly the working classes. The baths are to be under the superintendence of proper pe rsons , competent to give instructions in the art of 7w intrain,,. Separate baths from those used by adults are very P r operly T o b e prov ided for boys. The cha rges f or b a thi ng rill'l be from one penny to threepence each person, and no extra cha rge will be made for going on board and returning. Such bat hs are much wanted, and if the Company adhere to its pros pectus we cordially wish it success. Lecture s on the Corn-laws were delivered on Monday an d T ues d ay l as t, by Mr. Sidney Smith. We frankly j,ress we h a d no t a n idea that the talented lecturer would e be en met i n the way h e was . We had fears for the result Of a public demonstration on so delicate a subject, though no '')le will say we have ever been fearful in the expression of our own ()Pinions upon the sus ject. ihe mighty and undoubteei triumph that has been gained is, we are satisfied, to be mainly Trihutcrl to the recent tr.cky conduct of the Tories d d upon their question. The poisoned chalice is c . ommen e to ''''' Own li:s. Instead of crushing discussion and cutting truth I be chicanery, they have encourag ed and t tl e i mated both. ' Th e re p ea l of the Corn-laws is a ssured. It i ne a .Y be som ew h at a quest i on o f t i m e, negotiation, and arrange - nt, but that the iniquitous and anti-Christian law will be re- Pealed, P ealed, and that before very long, is certain. The powers of 1 will beat the powers of darkness. Lok out, landlords, Z e k _ °qt. farmers ! Ito The first shall be honester : the last hap ". The first shall cease grinding others, and the last shall grind the more for himself. The one shall have a more becom ing of hi s s it uat i on — t h e other s h a ll h ave a sweeter and E La_ o. return for the h ones t sweat that gathers on his brow. ilrds will yet be t a u g ht th e l esson s of honesty—and the 1 ,0" s hyFoman a n d l a b ourer we l come t h e i r h appy d a y s a gain.— 1 _ Zirsh , r , : Independent. ~,,,, MARITIME FEMALE PENITENT REFUGE.-- •Z o e4 s -a u es s day . evening the . annual general . meeting of the friends • vs !' , b (Albers to this Institution, which has been established .I,l,ori.,,tn_e, restoi , ation of . guilty females to the paths of virtue, was -„,.!'' . __ar the : ,,,sterri Lit:rary and Scientific Institution ; flack fui'dj'ea,la-st t r.ouli, Challis, j-, , q., in the chair. The receipts equalled the amount to I, i OW., and the expenditure almost receipts. 7:14 1 4 1: SEIN,I4()NDON, 1 1 11URS1AY. APRIL 23, 1840. THE VOLUNTARY QUESTION. (Abridged from a Report prepared for the Leeds Times. GREAT NIEETINO LEEDS, FOR THE SE PARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE— THE ABOLITION OF CHURCH-RATES— THE RELIEF OF JOHN THOROGOOD— THE ABOLITION OF ECCLESIASTICAL COURT'S, &d. A most important demonstratiOn in favour of the vo lt:Mary principle, and ag a i nst th e repeate d com pulsory ekqetions levied on the community in behalf of the Es tablished Church, took place in the Court-house of this town on Monday. In the course of last week, a most resrcctablo :sad numerously signed requisi6m was pre settod to the Mayor, to call a public meeting for the • purpose of considering the propriety ofpetitioning Par-, liament for the Separation of Church and State, and other objects therein stated. Conscientious scruples prevented the Mayor from acceding to the wishes of the requisitors ; who accordingly proceeded forthwith to call a public meeting on their own responsibility, the use of the Court-house having been courteously granted them for the occasion, The hour of meeting was twelve o'clock, and shortly after the business had commenced, tile Court-house became densely crowded by an atten tive and orderly audience, who remained, with few ex- r ceptions, to the close of the proceedings, which lasted for nearly four hours. Mr. Councillor BtirrtitY was moved to the Chair ! amid general acclamation._ HAMER STAN3FELD, Esq., one of the magistrates for the borough, came forward to move the first resolu tion, and was received with loud applause. He said, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—ln taking part in the proceedings of this day, I trust that I am not animated by any sectarian feelings.—(Hear, hear.) If Ido not deceive myself, I have no hostility towards the Esta blished Church, or to any other Church, but only to the abuses which arc apt to creep into them, and which, we shall find, will creep in in proportion to the degree in which they rely on earth and not on heaven for support.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The fault lies in the frailty of our nature. The moderate and liberal Churchman, under the conviction that his. own faith would be much more popular and powerful, it - left to the support of its own inherent 'strength and the subli mity of its services, must be as disgusted as any Dissen ter can be at the extravagances committed by some of the heads of that Church.—(Hear, hear.) Such there are who join with me in the opinion that the connection between Church and State, is anti-Christian in its nature, and un-Christian in its effects, and not only clergymen, not only laymen, but even dignitaries of the Church have owned these sentiments, and in proof of that, I will give you the opinions of Bishop Hoadley, delivered by him in the celebrated sermon preached be. fore George the First, and which sermon it would be well for every one of you, in these days of the arrogance of the Church, to study. The text selected by his Lord ship, on that occasion, was—" And Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world."---(Hear, hear.) He then proceeded to say— " As the Church of Christ is the kingdom of Christ, he himself is king : and in this it is implied that he is himself the sole lawgiver to his subjects, and himself the sole judge of their behaviour, in the affairs of con science and eternal salvation. And in this sense, there fore, his kingdom is not of this world, that he bath in those points left behind him no visible human authority, no vicegerents, who can be said properly to supply his place ; no interpreters, upon whom his subjects are ab solutely to depend ; no judges over the consciences or religion of his people. For if this were so, that any such absolute vicegerent authority, either for the making new laws, or interpreting old ones, or judging his subjects in religious matters, were lodged in any me❑ upon earth,—the consequence would be, that what still retains the name of the Church of Christ, would not be the kingdom of Christ, but the kingdom of those men vested with such authority." . Alfl now let us look, Gentlemen, let us look at some of the anti-Christian effects necessarily arising from this anti-Christian connection denounced by Bishop Hoedley. It was only the other day that I was in London, and made my way to the House of Lords. Great excite ment prevailed. I ascertained that the cause of it was a Bishop—a minister of religion. I remembered the words contained in the inspired volume—" Blessed are the meek in spirit, blessed are the peace-makers ;" and I was anxious to see who was the cause of all the excitement and party spirit in their Lordships' house. I found it was the Bishop of Exeter.—(Hear, hear.) He was endeavouring to overturn the Clergy Reserves question in Canada, on the settlement of which the peace and prosperity of that province so much de pends. Now, that you may have some idea of the im portance of that question, the Governor of the Colony, in writing to the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, says :—" It has been, for many years, the source of all the troubles in the province ; the never-failing watchword at the hustings ;. the perpetual spring of discord, strife, and hatred. So universally is the proof of this proposition admitted, that I have scarcely met with one man of any party or of any opinion with regard to the mode of settlement, who has not declared to me, that it would be far better that these reserves should be altogether taken away from the province, than that they should remain an object for contending parties to dispute about." The proposal was, that this property should be sold, one-half of it to be given to the Established Church, and the other half to be distributed between the different religious communities. All parties in Canada agreed as to the desirableness of the proposal being carried into effect. A Bill for that purpose was framed and passed the Legislature there,_ and was sent to England for the sanction of the Home Government. But no. The measure must pass that bourne from whence no good thing e'er returns.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The bench of Bishops stand in the way of peace—religious peace, to our Canadian brethren.—(Share, shame.) And in what manner did the Bishop of Exeter conduct himself? Lord Melbourne told him that his con duct was unbecoming the solemn station he held, the place in which he stood, aro his station as a Peer of the realm.—(Hear, hear.) You have some idea of the fact, when I tell you that on leaving the House of Lords with a friend. of mine, who is a Member of the House of Commons, he said, " You have just come in for a regular set-to between Philpotts and the Premier—a sparring-match between a minister of peace —(Laughter)—and a Minister of the Crown." Is not this anti-Christian ?—(" Yes, yes.") But let us look further into the anti-Christian conduct of these dignita ries of the Church. Is it becoming them in the charac ter of Christian ministers to pass laws which sanction the incarceration of men for conscience sake ?—(" No.") Is it becoming in them as ministers of religion, to pass laws which limit the supply of food to the people, and thus mock the daily prayer they utter ?—(Loud cries of " Hear.") Is it becoming in them to pass laws to take money from every sect to support their own, and to take my money to build their places of worship, in which, on stated days, it is publicly promulgated that, because I do not believe with them—because I cannot conscientiously do so, I shall everlastingly perish ? (Hear, hear, hear.) Do you call that Christianity?— (" No, no.") I defy the ingenuity of man to devise anything more un:Christian.--(Cheers.) And what, after all, Gentlemen, is the religion which has been es tablished and now sought to be extended ? Is it the religion of those who say they exist by Divine appoint ment and Apostolical Succession ?—(Hear, hear.) Ifit. is, I say their pretensions are false, and I know many clergymen of the Established Church who have said that such an assertion is a most impudent falsehood.— (Hear, hear.) Then, are we to build churches to en able the clergy to wrangle against their dissenting bre thren? I say that in justice to ourselves and out of regard to the interests of religion itself, we are bound to resist the unrighteous demand which is now made upon us. And what are the times in which this proposition is brought forward? Is it not when the country is dis tracted by internal commotions? when the working classes arc disaffected towards the Government, and in open enmity with the other classes ; and almost abso lute starvation prevails throughout the kingdom?— (Hear, hear.) I would refer those'who advocate the granting of large sums of the public money for the pur pose of Church Extension, to a letter recently published by a most worthy minister of religion, Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, who, after describing the present state of things, says— " Greater ignorance might have existed elsewhere, and greater distress in perhaps greater numbers, but never with such a power of organization—never with such a keen consciousness of evil suffered—never in such exasperating contrast to wealth and knowledge did there exist within memory's history—and I repeat it advisedly, such an alarming disaffection in any coun try, towards the whole actual frame of society, as that which we have now around us in England." Let those, then, who are advocates for Church Exten sion, by such means as I have mentioned, take care how they inflame the feelings or trifle with the con sciences of suffering people.—(Loud cheers.) The resolution which I shall have the honour of proposing to you is this. [Mr. Stansfeld here rea d th e resolution, which, as well as the subsequent ones, will be found in our advertising columns.] I doubt not, Gentl emen , i t will be said, that in moving this resolution, I am act, in;; in contradiction of the declaration which I have made as a Magistrate.,—(Not no.) . I am anxious to meet that charge. I was anxious, indeed, by ray pre sence here, to show that the Magistrates of this bo rough are not unanimous, at least, in thinkin g th at they have not a right to join their fellow townsmen in petitioning for a removal oF clerical abuses.-- (Loud cries of " Hear , hear.") What is the declaration I have taken ? The words nre—" I will never exercise any power , authority, or influence, which I may possess by virtue of my office of Justice of the r Peace, to injure or weaken the Protestant Ch urc h as ! by law established, or to disturb the Bishops of the said Church in the enjoyment of any rights or pri v il eges to which they are or may be by law entitled." This is the declaration 1 made when I took upon myself the office of Magistrate, and I should like to ask whether I urn now exercising. any " authority, power, or influence" which I did not possess before ?—(Cries of " No, no.") Had I not before the privilege of a citizen—the right which every Englishman feels to be inherent in his birth, namely the right to express his opinions is the freest !Danner which the law will admit.—(Loud cheers.) Have a forfeited that right? Have I sold my liberty and my conscience ?—(Hear.) Have I consented henceforward and for ever to incarcerate my triad'? No, never.--(Cheers.) I would not under value the honour of being in the Commission of the Peace, but I hold a still higher commission, and so do you, one arid all—a commission from above—a corn mission from our Father and common Parent in Heaven, to set that his law is duly administered to all the chil dren of his family, to whose government we are all alike subject, and I say that no set of men, be they who they may—whether clerical, aristocratical, or deinoc-a tical—have any right to assume to themselves an undue portion of his bounty, b ut rat h er t o obey that Divine injunction—" Whatever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye also even unto them, for this is the law and the prophets."—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") With these views, Gentlemen, I will move the resolution which I have react, let the consequences be what they may.— (Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. JOSEPH MIDDLETON seconded the resolution. He was loudly cheered on corning forward. He con tended that it was unjust to persecute any man for his religious belief.--(Hear, hear.) Religion was a ques tion not between man and the authorities of the State ; it was a question between the creature and the Creator. —( Hear, hear, hear.) Man was not responsible to the head of the State for his religious opinions. No! thank Heaven; : he was responsible to a higher, a nobler, and a more merciful Being,—(Cheers.) It seemed to him that the State had always been guilty of this great fault. It was not. just to punish a man for his religious belief. And it was equally unjust to compel him to support a creed in which he does not believe.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But there was another reason why he objected to the connection of the Church with the State. It was unscriptural. Could any o f t h e ministers of the Established Church, who proclaimed, themselves the only true successors of the Ap os tles—(Hear , hear)._ show him on e i nstance i n w hi c h .these meek and holy men made any claim to a connection with the State— in which they desired any support from the State for their religion ?—(Hear, bear.); No ! these Apostles came humble in mein and lowly in heart—they provided not themselves with gold and silver, hut they lived by the voluntary contributions of all who worshipped at their altar.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) And would it not be wise in their ministers to do likewise, and show that they carry those principles into practice which they but now so hypocritically preach.—(Cheers.) He denied that any good had resulted to the State from its connection with the Church, but, on the contrary, the B:shops and Clergy had always arranged themselves on the side of bi go t r y, i n t o l e r a nce, and oppression, as proved by their opposition to Catholic Emancipation, the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and the education of the people. A working man of the name of Granger interrupted Mr. Middleton, and in a very singular strain exhorted him to read the Bible, and he would be of a different opinion. Several Chartists followed, hut moved no amend ment, and the resolution was carried with only one dis sentient, the said Granger. Mr. RICHARDSON, solicitor, came forward to move the second resolution, and was loudly cheered. He said—We live, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, in most eventful times—in a most extraordinary period of public opinion and feeling. This meeting is called for the purpose of considering a question, on which, some years ago, as you are all well aware, such a meriting in Leeds could not have been convened for such an ob ject, and therefore I congratulate you, my friends, on having arrived at that period of our history, when the subject is not to be put down, but when the question can be fairly debated, both on one side and on the other —ls the union of Church and State beneficial or disad vantageous ? We find that a most enormous exaction is to be made, or at least to be attempted to be made, upon our purses, for the purpose of supporting that of which many of us most conscientiously disapprove, and therefore it is at least but fair that we should discuss the question, whether this proposed extension is likely to be beneficial or not.—(Hear, hear.) What is the extension which our friends of the Established Church ask us to support ? They say they have already 6 000,0001. or 8,000,000/. per annum, but that is not enough. Then, how much more do you want ? They reply that they want as much money as will build churches, and propagate their views of Christianity to the whole population of the empire, which consist's . of 150,000,000 men.—(Laughter.) Now, I would first ask you the simple question—what will be the sum of money required to accomplish this object ? According to my calculation, it would not be less than 50,000,0001. a-year.----( Hear, hear.) If you are prepared to grant such a sum of money, of course support Church Exten sion by all the powers you possess ; but if you are de termined to oppose it, do so with all the energy in your power.—( We will.) What did the Vicar; in his in augural address to his parishioners, put forth? He made a promise which he will pardon me for saying (and I make the assertion thus publicly, because it is the only manner in which I can do so with propriety) he has not yet fulfilled, namely, that he would prove Apostolical succession.—(Laughter.) I think the Rev. Doctor took upon himself a task which he is not able to accomplish ; for in all the productions he has sent forth, and I have read a great many of them, I have not been able to discover one single atom of proof in favour of such a doctrine.—(Hear, hear.) Now I say, Gen tlemen, that if Dr. Hook can prove Apostolic Succes sion—if he can prove. that all other Dissenting divines have no commission from God (for that is what is contended)--sif he can prove that Mr. Scales, Mr. Giles, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. El y , M r . J u k es , Mr. Wick steed, and all our Wesleyan f r i en d s , have no autho rity whatever to minister in spiritual things— that their administration of the ordinances of Chris tianity are vain and void, and that they have not the promised blessing of the Eternal God alone—l say , if Dr. Hook can prove all this, then he is - fairly entitled, along with the other Puseyite Clergymen of Leeds, to call upon every one of us to support them.—(Hear, hear, and No, no.) I say, if they can prove the Apos tolical succession, and that they alone are the successors of the Apostles, they have a right to call upon all of us to support their views. —(No, no.) But let us hear. I put our worthy Puseyite Clergy to the proof. They tell us that they are descended from St. Peter and St. Paul. Now, I tell them that they fail in the very first link of the chain. They say that the Apostle Peter was the first Bishop of Rome. They not only cannot prove that he was the first Bishop, but they cannot prove that there is the slighest historical testi mony to show that he was ever in the City of Rome in the whole course of his life.—( Loud cheers and laugh ter.) Thus the first link of the chain is gone, and I need not tell you that the chain is gone when I take away the first link.—(Hear, hear.) But further, I say tiley fail in the second link, for they cannot tell me who was the second Bishop of Rome ; they fail in the third, for they cannot tell who was the third Bishop ; and they fail in the fourth, for they cannot tell who was the fourth Bishop.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Then, I say, there is no evidence whatever to prove this Apostolical Succession, and the claim falls to the ground altogether. But they not only tell us the rea son why we should submit to them because they are of the Apostolical Succession, but they go much further, and they claim a power far more important than that which is involved in their first assumption. A man may get up and say that he knows so much—that he is more under the influence of "right sentiments and right feelings—that he preaches nothing but truth— that he publishes no error—that he knows well he shall say nothing but what is in strict accordance with Scripture and with truth—a man who should say this, no doubt would be a proud and a vain man, and per.. haps you would not be disposed to attach much impor tance to such declarations.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) But such assumptions, bold and arrogant as they would be, are nothing in _comparison to those put forth by the Puseyite clergy. They tell you that, when they preach error, it shall not prove injurious—when they utter these doctrines, they shall be beneficial—when they pro pagate opinions bad as poison, they shall produce good. If these Puseyite clergymen can establish their claim to apostolical succession, and if they can convert falsehood into truth, and doctrines bad as poison into wholesome fruit, they have a right to call upon you for support. But we do not believe any such nonsense. And now, gentlemen, first let me call your attention to the period at which these extraordinary doctrines originated. They originated in that very pure place called Oxford, in 1833. Observe the time. The question of a reform in the Church had arisen in all its might, and power, and dignity, was going forward at that time, and calculated to sweep away many of the evils under which the coun t ry i s la housing. I was not admitted to the coun c il s at Ox ford, but we may imagine what the clergymen th ere as sembled would talk about. They would doubtless say, that if these things went on, their six millions or eight millions would be gone.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) They must do someth in g to keep it. What was it to be ? They put forth a body of tracts, attempting t o prove their Apostolica l succession, but the y did not circulate amongst the people in the first instance. They introduced them gradually into the ranks of the clergy, and having persuaded several into this absurd belief, these opinions were to go forth to influenc e th e f ee li ng and literature of the country. This is the origin of Puscyism, and if you will listen to their doctrines and believe their stories, they will prevail upon you, as you ought, to give them you r money. But if y o u believe their Apostolical success ion is falsehood—if you believe it to be nonsense and hu mbu g —if y ou bel ieve it has no foundation in Scripture, and no foundation i n hi stor i ca l truth, then you will be of opinion that these gentlemen have no right to tax you for the purpose of supporting and extending their mischievous and absurd doctrines, Now, Gentlemen, let us look for a moment in what man ner the Church of England has influenced the present condition of Ireland. There the Established Church, for a considerable number of years, had undivided sway, and full power to carry out all its views in that country. Did it promote the peace, the happiness, and the wel fare of the people ? What was one of the first laws that this Church enacted against the Irish ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) If an Irishman wished to build ti house, or purchase a piece of land, the Church said," No, you are a Roman Catholic, and we can't allow you to je so."'—(Shame, shame.) When a man obtains a little money, the first question he asks himself is—how he can invest it in a profitable manner. He is generally anxious to purchase the house in which he lives, or the "garden he occupies, but in Ireland, at the period of which he was speaking, the Church said that, because a man be- longed to a different sect, he should not be allowed to possess either.—(Shame, shame.) What was the con sequence of such a state of things ? The seeds of prospe rity were crushed. A man obtained money, but he could not avail himself of the ordinary purposes to which to apply it. Such a system of injustice and oppression na turally destroyed the independent feeling of the peas santry. Some gave up the endeavour to possess them selves of money, and those who had any lost it for want of a proper investment. It was this law which made Ireland what I am afraid she is with too much truth de signated—a nation of paupers.—(Loud cries of Hear, hear.) That law was happily abolished about the year 1780, but the effects of it remain to this day. You are now called upon to say whether or not you will give power to a Church which exercised its power, when it posSessed any, in this tyrannical manner, and whether you ;sill confer additional power on an ecclesiastical body which has ever refused, as far as they could, the smallest amount of justice to that part. of the empire of which I have been speaking.—( Hear, bear.) I deny the assertion that the poverty of Ireland is produced by the Roman Catholic religion.—(Hear, hear.) I believe that poverty is produced by wicked Acts of Parliament.— ( Hear, hear.) It was produced by Acts of Parliament which sent forth ministers of strife amongst the people instead of those who ,would preach the doctrines of peace and good ,will.—(Hear, hear.) How did it happen that, when the Qiieen of England was to be degraded and se parated frani her husband, the Bishops, with only one exception, were all on one side of the question, and not only the Bishops but the clergy throughout the coun try ? I will tell You the reason, Gentlemen. The State was paying theist their 6,000,000/. or 8,000,0001. a year, and they knew they must support the State, although it was at the expense of opposing the poor Queen of Eng land.—(Hear, hear) The fact reminds me of an old story of a gentleman, who wrote the word " God" on his finger nail, and then said to his neighbour—" Can you read it ?" " Yes," said the other, "it is God." The gentleman then put a guinea over it, and said, " Now can you read it ?" " No, I can't," was the reply. It was iu this way that the clergy of the Church of Christ, if by that designation we are to call it, influenced by the hope of gain which the connection between Church and State held out to them, were blind to the cause of a persecuted woman, and were led to sup port her husband, the head of the Church, illustrious, great, and moral as he was.—(Hear, hear, and laugh ter.) And now, gentlemen, let me, conclusion, call your attention to one point which should never he for gotten. What are the means to be employed for the attainment of our objects ? Are we to use violence ? (No.) Are we to use any efforts except those which Christianity dictates ?—(No.) No. The weapons of our warfare on this occasion are not carnal, but they are mighty to the pulling down of the strongholds of ini quity.We will use the sword of truth—we will avail ourselves of every constitutional means, and we will use no other. Mr. Councillor CLIFF seconded the motion, and it was carried as the first. The Rev. JOIIN EUSTACE Glees (Baptist Minister) was loudly cheered on coming forward to move the next Resolution. The Rev. Gentleman having read the Re solution, said—Gentlemen, I wish this Resolution had been placed in better hands.—(No, no.) On Mondays, after the labours of the Sabbath, I generally find my nerves, and the powers both of body and mind, very much like damp fiddle-strings—out of tune.—( A laugh.) But I can assure you that, notwithstanding this feeling, I consider it a great honour to have this resolution en trusted to my care. I have come here to-day from the very motives that in so very many instances keep away Dissenting Ministers from meetings of this kind. As I happen to be almost the only Dissenting Minister present, and as there has been such misconception in sonic places, and misrepresentation in others, with re• spect to the case of John Thorogood—(Hear, hear) —I shall endeavour briefly to explain it to yonthis morning, if you will favour me with your attention.—(Hear, hear.) An attempt has been made to represent John Thoro good as actuated by feelings similar to men who have been engaged , in acts-. of sedition and treason against their country.. I wish the country were filled with such traitors as John -Thorogood.—( Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) He has violated no civil law—he has opposed nocivil court—he has refused- obedience to no civil au thority. And John Thorogood is a victim at this mo ment, not to a civil, but to an ecclesiastical court— (Loud cries of " Hear") —not to the authority of a civil magistrate, but to a lord spiritual, who presides over that Court, and who has thrown him into a dungeon and bonds. If John Thorogood had been a robber he might have been released before now.—(Hear, hear.) If he had been guilty of murder the Queen could have pardoned him. An Archbishop might have refused to pay. The Irish have refused to pay cess, and they have been re leased from the obligation of paying.—( Hear, hear.) And we find that great men may defy the law_ and yet escape. The Sheriffs of London have defied the whole power of the House of Commons, and they have been set at liberty.—(Hear, hear.) But John Thorogood, because be defied, not the power of the House of Com mons—because he rebelled, not against the civil power of the Constitution—not against any civil law or any civil authority whatever, has been doomed to en dure the punishment of a felon. Not of a felon ? No? • a felon may be liberated, but John 'rhorogood cannot. —( Hear, hear.) And there at this moment, whilst we are assembled here, and whilst the Bishop of Lon don, who presides over that Court, has gone in his car riage to St. Paul's, perhaps, to make broad his phylac teries and to say long prayers.—(Loud cheers.) This is neither more nor less than an attempt to rob John Thorngood.—(Hear, hear.) I care not that law is associated with the practice of demanding Church-rates —I care not what human law may sanction it ; if it be not sanctioned by God, it is robbery.--(Hear, hear.) They determined to rob him of ss. 6d. first, awl then because he would not submit to that exaction, they cited him before the Ecclesiastical Court, where they could insult him in the name of justice, and rob him of his property, and now they are seeking to rob him of his character ; for, even in the House of Commons, there are those who can stand up with the thick walls of Chelmsford gaol between them and their victim, and say that Dissenters are ashamed of their martyr. They are not ashamed of their martyr.--( Hear, hear, and cries of " No, no.") But all this we might expect from the enemies of civil liberty, from the foes of the people. But are we to expect Dissenters to be ashamed of him ? Will they desert their own friend ?—will they abandon their own martyr ?—(Loud cries of " No, no.") Yes, there are some men in the country—some cold-blooded Dissenters—hard-hearted wretches—(Loud cheering, which prevented the speaker from proceeding.) I'll not rasp off a single filing from that expression. 1 say there are such cold-blooded, hard-hearted wretches—men with brains of mud, and hearts of stone, and faces of brass, who will dare to say that John Thorogood is suffering only what he deserves.—(Renewed and prolonged cheering.) Oh ! but they say, it is the law of the land. The law of nonsense !—(Laughter.) The law of hy pocrisy !—(Hear, hear.) The law of oppression ! The law of cruelty !—(Hear, hear.) And if John Thoro good dies under their hands, the law of murder !—(Loud and repeated cries of " Hear, hear.") Murder shall be called murder, and oppression shall be called oppres- Bien, for it is high time things - should be called by their right names.—( Hear, hear, and loud applause.) Gen tlemen, it has been said we shall damage a great politi cal party if we act in this way. This is held up to us as a kind of bugbear—as a kind of mumbo jumbo from the woods to correct our political wanderings and aberrations. But if there are such men, who only just in proportion as they are cuffed and cudgelled—just in proportion as those who pretend to support them turn round and frown upon them, fall down submissive at their feet—if there are men who are willing to give up the Bible in order to follow the creeds of political par ties—men who prefer the support of party to the ex clusion of great principles, and who forget their own principles in order that they may be_ dragged at the tail of a political party through opium wars, and I know not what. beside—l say if there be such parties I am not amongst that number.—(Hear, bear.), I never will sacrifice a friend.—(Cheers.) I never will sacrifice a great man—and Thorogood is a great man—for the pur pose of pleasing any political party whatever.—(Cheers.) I am a man—l am a citizen—l am an Englishman ; and it is in this character I make this appeal to you on behalf of John Thorogood, and I would urge you and the inhabitants of this borough to do all you can in making a subscription to show you sympathise with him in his sufferings and in his cause. The Reverend Gen tleman resumed his seat amidst loud and prolonged plaudits. Mr. JOHN HEAPS congratulated the meeting on the change which h a d taken place in the town since his birth in it. He remembered the Church and King mob in Leeds as well as at Birmingham ; and if the language had been uttered fifty y ea rs ago which had been spoken that day, they would all have been as John 'Thorogood is at present.—( Hear, hear.) The schoolmaster had been abroad, and he found that information had not only been spread abroad and the understanding enlightened, but the best feelings of the heart had been aroused.— ( Hear.) Before he c ame to t he meeting he put down what he thought he should ,. like, and what he hoped would soon he obtained. lney sought to obtain a se paration of Church and State, that they might enjoy— first, entire freedom in faith and worship ; secon d , li berty to choose their own teachers ; and, he hoped the time would come when the Members of the Church of England would be able to do that—(Hear, h ear ) — third, the repea l of all laws • which com p om el involuntary pa payments in support of religion ; and f ourt h , the prohibition of ministers of religion f legislative office. It w!ts a very stran ge thing to him' a nd a strange anoma l y in the State Church, that, on c e in holy orders, no man could go into the House of Commons, but, however deeply dipped and dyed in holy _orders ho rttiiht be i ,4 bi3l;op could go and sit in the House of Loral . --(liear, hear.) Why it was like the rest of the mystery, iirid the greater the mys.. ter' the greater was the faith required to believe it. Mr. J. ILLll:itii+ciwriffa Chartist) then proposed as an amendment that the ineetirksbnald petition for the liberation not only of John Thorogotid, but of John Frost, Zephaniah Williams, Jones, and all other political prisoners. This amendment, he thought, would Ise in strict accordance with the object of the meeting. BENJAMIN KNOWLES seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN said, individually, be had no objec tion to put the amendment, but as the meetinr , was called for ecclesiastical purposes only, he should take the sense of the meeting first as to its relevancy. A very large majority decided that the amendment was foreign to the objects of the meeting, and could not be put. j The rest of the resolutions were carried unanimously. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, APRIL 22. ( Sittings in Banco.) DAVEY AND ANOTHER U. HILLERY. The plaintiffs in this action sued the defendant for coals supplied by them to the " United Kingdom Beet. root Association," of which they alleged he was a Director. The trial was had before Lord Abinger at the late Assizes held at Kingston, when a verdict was found for the defendant. Mr. TGESIGES now moved for a rule nisi for a new trial, on t. l :e ground of the improper rejection of evidence, and mitdteeetion. The Learned Gentleman said he proved at the trial, ,`bat upen the 17th of March, 1837, the defend. ant, a Mr. Davis, and Sir Francis Desanges, were present at the officee of the Company as a Board of Directors. They had talcaet premises from Mr. Cubitt, who bad a claim of 300/. for rent and work done. Upon that day the anceney of Mr. Cubitt attended and received a bill accepted by Davis and the de fendant, which was attorwards paid. Messrs Williams and Co. had a claim agaitzet the Company of 200/ , for brass and cooper work done for them. A bill for that sum was also given, and Messrs. Wil:iams and Co. were obliged to sue aeon it, and the bill and oasts were paid by Mr. Babb, the defendant's attorney. The Assizes opened upon the 23d March, the trial came on on the 27th. It was almost the same as a London cause, because: the attorney and witnesses came to town every night. .Notice was served upon Mr. Beble upon the 2teth, to prodtece that bill which he so paid. It was called for at the trial, but was refused; and his Lordship refused to allow soeondary evidence. Lord MANGER—The circumstances were these : . .—The defendant resided in Cumberland; it was impo ss ible to communicate with the defendant in two days. E ve n if i the attorney had the bill, be could not produce the dreeu. meet without consent; but there was no proof of his hay ing seen it lot' four years. Mr. THESIGER—It was to be presumed that it was in hie hands, as eie present action was the same, as nearly as possible, DS the former one upon the bill of exchange. The Coteer decided that the notice was too short, there fore secondary evidence of the contents of the Bill was properly rejected., Mr. MEAGER contended then that there was evidence to show that the defendant was a Director; be was present at a Board of Directors, where be signed a bill for the uses of the Company.' His tonne appeared in the p re. ipectus which was sent to the pia:ilia; by the Clerk of the Company. Lord ABINGER —There was no evidence that the defendant had ever seen the prospectus. Mr. ,TIIKSIGER contended that all the factedeaken to gether showed hen acting as one of the Directors. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—What shares did he hold in the Company ? Mr. TuEstoas said that did oat appear, or rather it appeared that he held none, but he bad acted as aDirector ; yet hie Lordship adopte d the argument used by Mr. Platt, that the defendant acted only as a friend of Sir H. Desanges, as a security for whom he lent his name, and, most respect fully he thought, put that case too strongly to the July. The COURT said the question was entirely one for a 1 Jury to consider, and did not think the verdict ought to be disturbed.—Rule refused. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.---Newmarket has 'attracted man) of our influential sporting gentle men since, the close of last week ; notwithstanding which, the attendance was good this morning, but no weight of business was gone into. For the Coltimn Stakes to-morrow, several parties of fered to lay 5 to 4 on Lord Orford's horse, or take 100 to 20 he wins this and the important 2,000 Guineas' Stakes. For the latter event 2 to 1 was offered against Confederate,' and half a point more was taken on " the Grew r nothing else was backed, but there were re peated proposals.to lay. THE CHESTER CUP.-Sir Thomas Stanley's horse iS enthroned the '• sovereign in the bettings. The business opened with Cruiskeen being offered against at ti :to 1; and 8 to 1 Was asked about Cowboy ; but shortly afterwards 6 was• taken on the horse, and of fered, to be b ac k e d aga i nst any ot h er for 100—which, not being taken, confirms the Baronet with" the call." We have no doubt , 7. to 1 would have been taken to a sum on Cowboy, and think few would have accepted that price on the mare ; 8 to 1 was offered against Lanercost, and 10 to 1 against Melbourne, whilst King Coie and the Feather stand at 100 to 6, but not taken. 20 to 1 would be taken on the former ; 100 to 5 was spiritedly pencilled down v. Bellona and Malvolio ; also 200 to 3 v. Roscius, and 33 to 1 against the Dey of Al giers ; 2520 L wasaccepted to a little money on Aimwell, but the figure would have been repeated ; 100 to 20 is offered against Mr. Dawson's lot, doubt yet existing as to which is -to be the horse ; 8 to 1 is offered against Colonel Peel's lot.; Pops has receded to 20 to 1, accepted at noon by one of his earliest friends. THE IYERBY.-6 to •1 n&red on the field ; 7i.4 to 1 was laid v. Launcelot ; and 100 to 10 against Angelica ; 100 to 7 offered v. Them). A great desire to lay against " outsiders." It may be acceptable to state, that, since the result of yesterday's racing " astonished the natives," we have seen no bona fide transactions ; Launcelot has the call, the offer to bet 100 he beats any other, places him the Derby pretnier. :SPIRIT of the PUBLIC - JOURNALS. . . . FROM TUE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the. Globe.) Lord Stanley's Bill, and the strenuous efforts of the Tories to pass it into law again threaten to convulse Ireland, and O'Connell, as the master-spirit, " rides n the whirlwind and directs. the storm." The Eas -I;er recess has been appropriated by the " great agi 'tater" to rousing up the spirits which are quiescent or setive as he waves his hands in token that they inlay repose in safety, or rouses them to exertion by the i nuouncement of approaching danger. The tones of his loiee they have been long accustomed to regard as wise nd powerful. Strengthened by the success which has attended his exertions in their cause, and which tlhey believe to be omnipotent to secure the accom iblishment of their hopes, they without hesitation do his 6iddings. He was their leader in the attainment of emancipation ; 'and having achieved that triumph— having wrested that splendid trophy from the pha- Ihnx of prejudice backed by power—with the Throne liar their support, and the Church to bless with its p rayers, and to strengthen by its aid—yet against all this array of commanding influence did they, beaded by O'Connell, succeed in obtaining the recognition of their rights. having this event fresh in their recollec tion, is it to be regarded as a surprising circumstance shat the people of Ireland have acquired confidence by :tuceess, and assemble in crowds to listen to the warning voice of their devoted leader, who tells them of a new attempt on their liberties, and who calls upon them to unite their energies that they may render the insidious design abortive ? (From the Courier.). Never do the Ministertal press exhibit greater satis ilaction than when Daniel O'Connell is in the field :swelling about repeal, or that unintelligible something tise which is denominated " justice to Ireland." And :let the same press affect to deprecate repeal and - to ' doubt the power of their all conquering champion to carry it ; whilst in‘the same breath we arc reminded that the admission is contingent on " justice" being. " done to Ireland in-aotno other respects," and that in fact the might of the Agitator is incalculable unless bis sword arm he struck down and paralysed by the surrender of this same invisible, incomprehensible, phantom of " justice." It is therefore impossible to lie6ne what all this claim of " justice" may amount to sit this moment, further than the destruction of the proposed Bill of Lord Stanley for the prevention of fraud and perjury in electoral registration, in which as sw-edly Papist Ireland is and has been so rife, as to hate established a sort of vested interest and exclusive monopoly in the article, (From the Standard.) it is the condition, in this respect the hard condi tion, of social institutions that arc at once extensive and liberal, that they must be subject to occasional misre presentation from the coadttet of some of their nume rous members. It has thus fared with the honoured University of Oxford, in one case, and it ill not be the fault of Mr. Baden Powell, a professor of the University, if that learned and pious body shall not be equally unfortunate in another. Mr. Powell has, it seems, written a pamphlet in defence of the Ministerial scheme of education. We have not seen the pamphlet in question,but judging from the samples of it published in the Ministerial journals, we must look upon the Powell ite doctrine as no less discreditable than the fantastic theology of any other set of ites, that from overweening vanity, or any other prompting, have thrust themselves ' into notice. TOT:4ES ELECTION. The following was the State of the Poll on Tuesday, at the hours mentioned : HALF-PAST NINE O'CLOCK. Gisborne Baldwin Majority TWELVE O'CLOCK. Gisborne . Baldwin . . 144 142 Majority FOUR O'CLOCK (CLOSE OF THE POLL.) Baldwin . Gisborne . 158 151 Majority for Baldwin ...... 7 STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTEL—The improved feeling in the yarn market, which we noticed last Wednesday, was fully supported yesterday, when a large business was done, at the extreme , prices of last week, or, in some cases, at an advance of about i-th per pound ; and the purchases would have been considerably more extensive, had not many of the spinners stood out for a further advance, which - the buyers were not willing to give. For cloth of all latiaslhe demand was rather limited ; and though some efforts were made early in the day to ob tain an advance, the manuctirers were afterwards glad to sell at the prices o f-the preceding Tuesday, ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, APRIL `?o.—We have bad a rather better demand for flannels to-day ; but prices have been extremely low. The weavers have made a strike this last week against two manufacturers, Messrs. Tempest and Sons, an d M r. Archer, for paying, as the weavers state in a placard, between twenty and twenty-one per cent, under the the other manufacturers. There is no change to report in the wool market. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, APRIL 21,--There is no change to note respecting this market to-day ; the de mand being steady and prices nearly stationary. In summer goods there is some animation, and better prices are realized. Orders are increasing, and the business in the Warehouses is rather better. In wool, prices are firm, with a tendency upwards. The news from America does not' 4T - ear to have operated unfit. vourably on the ma r k e t, as t h e demand is chiefly for the home trade. ELECTION of CHURCH WARDENS. LAMBETH-(YESTERDAY). STATE OF THE POLL. Evans. Out Liberty. Marsh and Wall ... 330 ............ Bisho p s 143 ............ 192 Princes l2l ............ 127 1,030 ,Majority for Evans, 3='o• 701 News paper-agents, printers, Sic., are cautioned to beware of a Jew-lookinefellttfii who is going about the country vending a quack medi cine, which he calls " an infal. lible cure for the tooth-ach e ;'' he visited Lincoln last week, got into debt for advertising and printing, and decamped last. Tuesday, without remembering to discharge his bills.—Liiirobt Gazette. EVENING- EDITION.. POLICE INTEO,IGENCE, MANSIOTC-HOUSE , A man of very respectable appearance, nareed Bells, was brought before the LoaD MAYOR, charged . under the following eirzumstances :—A cabman statedthat at half-past four o'clock in the marninc, - the defendant, his wife, and a gentleman of the name of Smith, en gaged his cab to gO to a certain distance, Mr. Smith taking a seat outside. When they got. near King's street, Cheapside, witness heard the lad:c crying inside, and upon looking through the window, saw Mr. Betts with awhite-bandied knife in his hand, and appretend ing that Mrs. Betts was in some danger, stopped tilse cab. Mr. Betts then distinctly cut, not his wife, but the lining of the cab, and then all the party left the cab in a 'hurry, but the policeman whom the witness called to his assistance, seized Mr. Kett;, And lodged him in the station-house. No knife was to be found. The injury done to the cab was to the amount of 155., and witness did not know anything of the party, exekePt that the two gentlemen were both tipsey. Mr. Betts denied most positively that he bad used knife either upon the cab or his wife, and the lady de clared that she had seen no such thing as a knife at all. Her tears were caused by a few words on domestic matters. Mr. Smith also said that h.• had seen no knife. The LORD MAYOR (to the calm:10-1"w/ say you distinctly saw a knife in the defendant's hand Cabman—l do swear it must positively, and I yeas afraid that he had either struck, or was going to *track, the lady with it. I saw him, too, draw the knife across the part of the cab which I afterwards found was cut. Mr. Betts again asserted that he had not used any knife, or done any injury to the cab. The LORD MAIoe: asked the cabman whether a former fare might not have done the mischief. _ The cabman said that Le had seen the inside of the cab immediately after the former fare had., lett it, and found it uninjured. Inspector M'Lean said that oft , of the gentlemen acknowledged that there was a white-handled knife in tht. business. The LORD MAYOk-I advist: the defendant to settle this matter, in order to put a .top to ulterior proceefiNgs. Mr. Hobler—Your Lordship can inflict a penalty or the doing of wanton injury to the cab. 7F lie parties then retired, and soon afterwards the In-. spector informed the Lord Mayor, that Mc. Betts had paid the 13s. for the damage. His 'LORDSHIP advised .Afr. Betts to . cut no more cabs, and approved of the conduct of the cabman. 11' OR SHIP- STREET. John .14rne, the youn man who stood charged with having sfabbed Edward Llewellyn, a theatrical perfor mer, was placed finally at the bar before Mr. Broughton. The several witnesses in the ease were in attendance, pursuant to directions given to them on the preceding day by the Magistrate, who then expressed it to b e hi s intention to send the prisoner for trial when their depo sitions were taken down. Mr. Hunt, the prisoner's solicitor, now renewed his application that the case might be disposed of without going before a Grand Jury, chiefly on the grounds that Llewellyn had confessedly received money to compro mise the case, and that his account of the transaction was toolfavourable to the prisoner for a jury to convict upon it. Mr. BROUGHTON said, that after having maturely weighed the subject in his mind, he had arrived at the same conclusion as that entertained by the Learned . Gentleman, and he should, 'therefore, contrary to his original intention, dispose of the case in a summary way. He must also take into account that the com plainant had received from the prisoner's friends the sum of 51., with an 1 0 U, for the same amount, to withdraw the prosecution. After admonishing the pri soner in forcible terms upon the consequences of giving way to such ungovernable passiow, the Magistrate or dered him to pay a fine of 405., or to be imprisoned - for six weeks in the House of Correction. STEAM PLOUGII.—On Saturday last, another trial was made on the lands of Possil, near Glasgow, of the nevi steam plough, intended for cultivating the sugar lands in Bri tish Guiana, and unlike the former exhibitions, this was emi nently successful. As has been explaiued in a former notice, the lands in that colony are now thickly intersected by ditches or canals, and it is intended that a }dough or ploughs shall be placed on the soil between these canals, and be worked by a steam engine placed on a punt or boat, which gives power and motion to a reversing pulley, or endless rope, that will be worked round a drum, placed on a punt in the canal imme diately opposite. So far as we can judge, there is extremely little difference between this and Mr. Heathcote's steam-plough, exhibited at the Highland Society's show in Dumfries, in Sep tember, 1838. The plough intended for British Guiana, pos sesses this advantage, that the moving and resisting power can be easily shifted by a boy simply propelling the punt a few inches forward in the water; in Mr. Heatheote's,'the extremity on which the drum was placed had to be shifted by levers, so often as the filth was made, and the house containing the en gine was moved by the self-contracting of the spars or ribs, of which the outer fabric was formed. This inferred a consider able expenditure of steam-power, which will be entirely hus banded in the plough which has been made by the Messrs. Edington. under the direction of Air. APRae. No one *rho has seen it in operation doubts the perfect applicability of Mr. M'Rae's plough to the abject intended, for, independent of the West Indian soil being as level as a bowling-green, it is entirely free from stones or hard roots, which would otherwise damage the cutters and render the working of the instrument impossi ble. This new plough is worked by an engine of eight-horse powee, and, if followed by others, will supersede manual or pea cant labour to a great extent in this description of tillage, and, independently of its intrinsic usefulness, it will have the effect of making the free blacks much more reasonable. The engine must be fed by coals carried from Britain. Sometime ago, ploughmen, ploughs, and horses were tak e n out to the West Indies to be employed in this species of labour; but. we under stand that both horse and man quailed under the burning heat of the climate, and the experiment was in the majority of in stances unsuccessful. The first hint of this new machine, however, we consider to belong to Mr. Tleatheote, and it is a pity his invention has not been subjected to a wider for t r i a t o;, , , e ar o e f experiment in the bogs of Ireland or elsew h ere i _ow Herald. not mistaken, his plough and apparatus still remai :uiem afterpl os•ed in Locher Moss, exactly as it was laid up in ordinary : the great meeting at Dumfries in 1838. Gl os g Laval! t and Sainte Etienne, has just taken place bet ween_ • .a A melancholy suicide, says the Journal de l h ,a 7n a condemned by th e fine for some in . Council o fßessat. A p f r a e r f m ec e t r or o e f who was of the same name, was a neigh bour the *a ren t L a O s i e r e t ha d o really offending party,.i fraction of the law, but the condemnation was an error, as the . of the farmer, notwithstanding the assu rance of the person nio had been condemned. Tke decision of his friends that as soon as the error could be khOwn to - • -•t would be rectified. The dread of seizure and the authorities I preyed upon the mind imprisonment had such an effect upon hi m , t h at h e qu i tte d his h om e at night in a state of insanity, and half naked, and fled to the woods. Two days afterwards he was traced by the 1 mar k s of blood, which he had lost as he forced his way through the bushes, and was seen praying at the edge of a precipice. He fled from the persons who were in search of him, and on the following evening was on the road to Bessat, where he met a waggoner, and asked him for the loan of a knife, which was refused. The poor fellow then returned to the wood, and tearing up his shirt, formed a rope of it, with which be hung himself. The body was found soon afterwards perfectly cold. The order for revolting the judgment had been received two days before this melancholy affair.-- Galignani. DR. LARDNER.—When he was lecturing in Sheffield, he preached (certainly once, and we believ. oftener) in Attereliffe Church. No doubt the Rev. Mr. Blackburn. the minister of that church, must have known 1)r. Lai-doer to be in holy orders, or he would not have invited him to preach. The Standard's slapdash denial of the clerical character of Dr. Lardner, is a fair specimen of the zeal of this pious journal in the service of the Church.— Sheffield Independent. 4