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RIOTS AT NEWPORT.

ARRIVAL OF DAVIS FROM CANTERBURY-FURTHER

ARRESTS.

NEWPORT, SUNDAY.

You will have seen, by my report of Friday's pro-
ceedings, that the Court had adjourned till Monday
morning, then to continue the examination of the
witnesses in the case of Zephaniah Williams, which is
expected to be of considerable interest. Yesterday,
11.1wever, Roger Davis, who was apprehended in the
house of his uncle, at Canterbury, was brought in ;' and
also several other prisoners, some of whose cases it was
necessary to go into at once, as is explained by my Re-
port annexed. In consequence of informatio❑ the Ma-
gistrates received from Cardiff, a hundred of the 45th
have marcned for that town to-day (Sunday). I trust
and confidently expect that this precaution will prevent
any outbreak, though I am compelled to state that, for
the last two or three days, there have been unfavour-
able rumours from that neighbourhood.

The Tory prints still continue their system of violent
outcry against the principals implicated in these unfor-
tunate proceedings with a view to damage the present
administration, and, if possible, to raise their party to
power, by sacrificing the lives of many of the poor
creatures, who are now awaiting the issue of the Special
Commission. Indeed, so strongly is this felt by the
friends and legal advisers of the prisoners, that I am cre-
dibly informed that a memorial is about to be presented
to the Home Secretary, praying that the Special Com-
mission may be stayed until the excitement and preju-
dice engendered in this neighbourhood against all who
are suspected of the least taint of Chartism has sub-
sided ; and certainly there would appear to be some
ground for such an application ; for, in addition to the
matters urged against the prisoners so pertinaciously by
the Tory press, there is a strong feeling of resentment
existing in the minds of a'l classes here, not only on ac-
count of the evils which are always attendant on occur-
rences of this kind, but from the peculiar circumstances
of the tradesmen being deprived of their usual monthly
payments from the workmen, which fell due on the
Saturday preceding the riots.
With respect to the charges so unblushingly put
forth by the Tory press, that Chartism has been fostered
and encouraged by the Liberal Government, I bez to
refer you to the following extracts from the Northern
Star, which is edited by Feargus O'Connor, and adopted
by his followers as their only organ :

" To force the Tory party into power is the true game
of the Radical Reformers, and where they cannot elect
an undoubted Radical of Cohbettite principtes, they
ought unquestionably to vote for Tories, to the ex-
clusion of Whigs ; however smooth-spoken, and however
loud about liberality,' and the ' Liberal party ' (base
fudge !) such Whigs may be. We have made use of
the word' Cobbettite principles,' because at this juncture
we would vote for a Tory rather than any self-called
Radical who did not distinctly avow the principles of

the late illustrious member for Oldham, and who would
not pledge himself to drive out the Whig Ministers by
any means, no matter on what question. If' such
pseudo-Radicals as are now in the Ilouse, and there are
scores of them, had been Tories, where would the Mel-
bourne-Russellite crew have been at this hour? At
the people's feet ; instead of hatching rural police, poor-
law bastiles, spies, and hired Magistrates !"
After this, there can be but little difficulty in identi-
fying Pianism with Toryism, whose affectionate off-
spring it most assuredly is.
A gentleman who has known Frost for twer.ty years,
and who was once his most intimate and familiar friend,
ascribes his fall entirely to Tory influence. The un-
happy man was once a sound and constitutional Re-
former, and at that period of his life he was neither

visionary i❑ his views, violent in his conduct, nor law-
less in his mode of obtaining that which his conscience
assured him to be correct. In consequence, however, of
some litigation, he formed an antipathy to Mr. Blewitt,
the present Liberal Member of these boroughs, whose
election he resolutely opposed. In this he was cor-
dially assisted and supported by many of those who are
now crying out for his blood ; and it is to this period
that his fall from the honourable position which, as a
politician, he had previously occupied, may be traced.
He caught the "No Poor-law" cry from his newly
acquired friends, and repeated it till his own enthusias-
tic mind became impressed with a conviction of
its injustice. The gentleman to whom lam in-
debted for the preceding information, and upon whose
veracity the strictest reliance may be placed, has given
me the following anecdote in confirmation :—At the
period of the last election for the Monmouth boroughs,
he had occasion to call on Mr. Frost, and, having ob-
tained admission through the outward doorway, he pro-
ceeded, as was his wonted custom, to the study, which
he entered without having previously knocked for ad-
mission : upon his opening the door, he found Mr. Frost
closeted with three of the most influential Tories (one
of them a Magistrate for the county), and engaged in
looking over some papers. The Tories soon afterwards
left, and then Frost said, turning to his friend, " We
have been looking over the poll-books, and Blewitt will
be 40 behind." His friend, upon hearing this, expressed
a doubt, to which he replied, in an exulting manner,
" He will, for we have gone carefully through the lists."
Several prisoners were brought from the hills yester-
day morning and last evening. Roger Davis, shop-
keeper, of Blackwood, for whose apprehension a reward
of 251. had been offered, was brought down, having been
taken at Canterbury on his way to Dover. Amongst
the prisoners were Moses Horner, William Horner, and
Thomas Davies, who, after evidence had been heard,
were remanded till Monday.

LAYING A GHOST.—A mechanic, named Tif-
ner, residing in Vine-street, Lambeth, was last night
taken into custody, for frightening the lieges, by play-
ing at leap-frog among the tombstones in the burying-
ground of Christ Church, Surrey. The fellow was
dressed in whine, and a large crowd had collected, to
have a peep at the " ghost." The sexton, armed with
a stout cudgel, took very effectual means to " lay" hit
ghostsbip. The culprit will figure before the Magis-
trates to-day at. Union-Ball police-office. Within the
last month two other persons have been caught practis-
ing the same freak.
_ _

On Sunday morning, at about one o'clock, a
man who had been found dead in Princes-steet, West-
minster, was taken by some police constables of the A
division to St. Margaret's workhouse. He appeared to
be of a very advanced age, and had scarcely a rag to
cover him. Some persons who accompanied the body,
said that the wretched man had died of hunger. On
11;s, person was found a card, and it appeared that his
name was Briant.
Many thousands of acres of land are inundated to
the depth of several feet in the neighbourhood of Gains•
borough, in- consequence• of the. incessant rains which
have fallen. The marshes and the low lands have the
appearance of a _sea, being one continued .sheet of
water.—Lincoln Mercury. .

We differ with some of our Correspondents who
argue that the present harvest is more deficient than
that of 1816—the most frightful year, perhaps,
upon
record. Nay, though the quality of the grain, parti-
cularly wheat, is much worse than last year, we are
disposed to infer that, in quantity, the present year is,
at least, equal to the last—some will assert superior,
judging from the advance of the duties, and from the
quantity poured into the market. We do not think that
this would be an unexceptional criterion, because,
though the last harvest was short, it was not damaged.
What keeps the averages down and is raising the duties,
at present, is the immense—the tremendous quantity of
bad grain thrown upon the market,the extreme quotations,
per quarter, for wheat, varying from 20s. to 735. But,
of the quantity sold, the great bulk is inferior, not only
in London, but throughout England. Had Ireland been
taken into the system—that is to say, had the Irish
prices been added to the English, and the average struck
as it ought to be, from the entire of the produce of the
United Kingdom, the wheat average last week, instead
of being 675. 2d., would be scarcely 58s.—for, though
wheat has suffered much in England, the damage is
quit() inconsiderable compared with the deficiency in
Ireland. Here three-fourths of the wheat has been
sent to the markets in a damaged state—to such an
amount, that the distillers, having supplied themselves
in a great measure, have ceased to purchase, and the
consquence is, that the deteriorated corn is falling, while
the good grain still continues to fetch a fair price.
Now, until the entire of the bad article is consumed
—a consummation that will take place kefore Christmas
—the averages will continue descending. We do not
imagine, however, they will fall much lower, or that the
duty upon wheat will be much higher than twenty
shillings. But that as soon as the bad is out of the
market, and out it is going fast, the averages will rise
again, and the duties descend, there is no doubt what-
ever. This re-action may occur, and we think it will
begin to manifest its tendency before Christmas. After,
the thing is certain.—Dublin Evening Post.

MINISTERIAL REASONS FOR THE
DISSOLUTION OF THE SPANISH CORTES.

"TO THE QUEEN REGENT.
SENORA—Your responsible advisers would not
worthily answer the confidence which you have reposed
in them, if they did not in the present serious moment
raise their voice to the Throne, to declare the evils which
oppress and menace the nation, as well as the remedies
which they think ought to be employed to prevent them.
Your Majesty may recollect the state of the nation
when the present Ministry took possession of office with
the hope of giving peace to the country. A war of
five years had exhausted every resource ; without funds
or magazines, the revenue was unable to meet the exi-
gencies, and the prolongation of the war rendered those
wants more and more afflicting. The army suf-
fered infinite privations. Subsidies of blood in
men and horses had been voted, without wherewithal to
clothe, equip, or even arm them. The least demand
could not be complied with. Contracts of supply
had expired without possibility of renewal. The
principal contributions, the extraordinary one of
war, produced nothing for months but paper ;
and all this at a critical moment, when an energetic
force was requisite to procure those results which the
salvation of the cause demanded, and which might be for-
warded by delay. The duration of the war had pro-
duced deep rancour and perturbation all over the Penin-
sula, reprisals and horrors, the result not of the Spanish
character, but of the long struggle of five years. Our
coasts were assailed by various enemies. Andalusia was
threatened by rebellion, of which the occurrences of
Alhucemas, Ceuta, and Melilla were certain symptoms.
The enemy projected an armament to surprise the
capital, and the greatest resolution and firmness were
required to carry on the war in the face of such things.
To terminate the war, and prepare such laws as might be
discussed under such circumstances, were the efforts of the
Ministry ; success or non-success being no proof of its
loyal zeal. The Cortes might have given great support.
The renown and patriotism of its Members were su-
perior to the difficulties of the epoch ; but their wishes
in this conjuncture are known and thought to be for
the best. Your Ministers cannot have the presumption
to subject the wishes and acts of the Cortes to their judg-
ment. On the contrary, they would be the first to respect
them. But the ardour of minds, and continued discus-
sions on irrelevant points and subjects not tending to
the termination of the war, contradicted the Cabinet, and
led to the intervention of the Royal prerogative. The
campaign continued ; exasperation continued ; danger
grew with impatience; general discontent began to appear,
and_ a single act of imprudence and disorder at that time
might have defeated all the plans and hopes of terminating
the war. Other serious circumstances and causes were
added. The success of the war was re-
tarded. The electoral question distracted, but
did not tranquillise, men's minds. Attention
was fixed to the war and its termination. Under
this impression took place the elections. A Cortes was
elected to finish the war. But by the time they met an
unheard of event had changed the aspect of things. The
condition of the. elections changed. Ought the will
of the nation in consequence to be again consulted ?
Criticism and policy will decide, or has already judged,
this question. After such a change, it is clear the na-
tion ought again to be consulted. Nevertheless,
the Government convoked the Cortes, and discussions
opened ; still the Government was attacked, in despite
of its having been most fortunate. The Ministry held
in its hands the threads of general pacification. Could
it have resigned, and thereby marred that pacifi-
cation ? Criticism and policy will decide the question.
At the same time that Deputies and Senators arrived
from the provinces, an infinity of documents arrived with
them from these provinces, approving their Government.
The Senate also approved the march of the Govern-
ment. But this satisfaction was counterbalanced by at-

tacks from the other Chamber. It was not the Govern-
ment which created this conflict between the two Cham-
bers. Ministers offered to resign, and thus to put an end
to the conflict between the two bodies ; they advised
her Majesty to make use, though but for a limited time,
of her Constitutional Prerogative, that is, to prorogue.
But when this conciliatory resolution was taken
and about to be published, one of the two
Chambers, hurried en by zeal with a determination
which complicated the question, rendered it inevitable to
di,solve. Against the intention of the Chamber itself no
doubt and of the electors, the question of non-payment
of taxes was raised, and thrown in the way of the royal
prerogative. This rendered the dissolution still
more unavoidable. Your Majesty's Government
felt it right not to omit any means for bring-
ing to completion the great work of pacification.
Their duty is to preserve order, procure the means of
final triumph, and tranquillize the Spanish people re-
specting
the preservation of theii:institi4ions. Neither '
your Majesty nor your Majesty's Ministers can. have any
other thought than the salvation of the State, and the
preservation of the Throne and Constitution.
(Signed) " PEREZ DE CASTRO, " SAN MILLAN,
ARRAZOLA, CALDERON,
NARVAEZ, COLLANTES.
MONTES DE OCA.
" Madrid, Nov. 11."

In consequence of the late heavy rains, many of
the low lands of the county have been completely
flooded, and much stock has been injured or destroyed.
Several small bridges have also been damaged by the
swelling of the rivers. In some places where fords run
across public roads, there has been great danger in cross-
ing them, and a few days since an accident, nearly at-
tended with fatal consequences, happened at the ford
across the Cohn, between Huxham and Stoke Canon.
A man was driving across a waggon and horses belong-
ing to Mr. R. Matthews, of Huxham Mills when they
o•
were swept away by the current, and carried down the
stream.old wooden bridge,
The man savedbut thehorses himself by seizing hold of an
would have been
drowned bad it not been for the praiseworthy and cou-
rageous exertions of Mr. Oliver, of Stoke Canon, and
some of his neighbours. Mr. Oliver tied a rope round
his body, which was made fast on shore ; he then pro-
ceeded into the stream, and with much difficulty got the
horses on shore. A gentleman passing in a gig nearly
shared a similar fate.—Plymouth Journal.
ALLEGED FORGERY.— The investigation of an
extraordinary case of alleged forgery is now going on
before the connty magistrates at Chandos House, in
which the parties implicated, who come from the
neigh-
bourhood of Frame, stand charged with forging leases
and letters of administration, &c., for the purpose of
raising a large sum of money, which, it is said, they
have obtained by means of the device. The deeds
and documents are said to be executed with so much
skill and exactness as to be capable of imposing upon
any member of the profession. We think it imprudent
to name particulars until the investigation is closed._
Bath Herald.
The Chartists are tnaking some stir in the
vicinity of Manchester, and the Northern Star, O'Con-
nor's paper, recommends the holding of another Na-
tional Convention.
LOYALTY .—Many Societies of secret orders
and other Benefit Societies, in Kendal and its neigh-
bourhood, have already begun to renovate their old and
get new regalia, to show their love of loyalty to our
youthful Queen in the splendid processions which are
expected to honour the forthcoming nuptial-day of her
Majesty and Prince Albert. This is as it should be,
and, we doubt not, will be general.---Lancaster Guar-
dian. - •

In the iron works may be found men of all the races
which Britain can number among her children. English,
Scotch, and Irish, in all their countless provincial vane-
ties, are of course attracted to those districts by the
facility of obtaining employment, and a talented corres-
pondent calls our attention to the fact that the watch-
words used were English. The secresy of the proceed-
ings is attributed by the London papers to the use of the
Welsh language, of which the upper classes are mostly
ignorant ; but this supposition is completely answered
by the number of people of other tongues arrested
on charges connected with the lamentable affair.
We think that it is by no means difficult to
account for the ease with which an immense body
of people, spread over a wide tract of country,
were able to conceal their common intentions.
It has been so much the habit of the aristocracy of this
country to view with suspicion every attempt made by
persons of the middle class to enlighten their working
neighbours on political or other subjects, that the two
classes have become completely isolated ; for any man,
dependent on trade for his livelihood, to attempt to in-
struct his fellow-countrymen in political knowledge, was
to be put down for a demagogue and persecuted accord-
ingly. The result of this suicidal policy is now seen ;
the working men have been consigned to the leadership
of men of desperate views, who have been able to con-
ceal the workings of their designs as effectually as if car-
ried on in a foreign country, And we fear that the evil
ends not here—an unnatural and bitter feeling of animo-
sity between the different classes of our people has been
sown, and which the late events will in nowise assist to
eradicate.—Silurian.

We can say this for our countrymen, that, upon the
whole, they are well disposed to profit by any instruc-
tion that may be afforded them by tht State, being by
nature and ancient habits religious, grave, earnest, and
full of gratitude. It ought by no means to be inferred
from what has just taken place at Newport and in
the hill districts, that the Welsh, from having been the
most loyal and patriotic people in the whole empire, are
become the reverse. Not at all—they have been be-
trayed into error—they have missed the right way—but
their feelings are warm and pure still, and they require
nothing but knowledge in order to re-assume their
former character. We trust, therefore, that Ministers
will no longer defer the performance of their duty, as
it regards the education of the people. We say their
duty, because, from the first foundation of civil society,
it has always by wise legislators and statesmen been
esteemed a principal object of Goverment to provide
for the moral training and intellectual enlightenment of
those under its rule ; and if this were true in ordinary
times, in seasons of peace and tranquillity, much more
evident is its truth now, when the greatest wisdom is
needed to check the rapid tendency towards political
dissolution.—Cambrian.
The alarm felt at Cardiff on the memorable 4th and
sth of November displayed itself exactly in the way we
should have anticipated, from the inhabitants of that
respectable and important town. Tories, Whigs, Ra-
dicals, Liberals of every grade, were all on the alert to
make common cause in defending property, and up-
holding the laws, by which both property and person
arc protected. Not a word was heard in defence, or
even extenuation, of the physical-force Chartists ; no
thing but execration against the outrages, and the authors
of the outrages, at Newport, even among 'tnen known to
espouse Chartist politics. The Cardiff men may well con-
gratulate each other on the most efficient and formidable
of political unions—the union of loyal and tried men of
all parties, against every attempt at the subversion of law-
ful government, and every act of aggression upon the
peace of the community. Great fears prevailed in the
neighbourhood among the peaceably disposed workmen, in
consequence of the terrorism practised by the Chartists,
who pressed men into their ranks, without compunction,
and by the most reckless violence. In many instances,
men quitted their habitations, and lurked among the
Hills all night, out of the way of these lawless vi-
sitors : so great was their aversion to such fellowship,
that they preferred braving the night-winds and the
chilling rains of this inclement season, to encounter-
ing the hurricane of these turbulent spirits, beneath
the shelter of their own roofs.—Merlin.

The Torp prints make a great vapouring, about the
necessity of inquiry into the origin and extent of the
Chartist insurrection in South Wales, implying that her
Majesty's Government will be reluctant to institute
such inquiry. We ardently hope the inquiry will be
prompt and searching, whatever be the result. With-
out a minute analysis of the causes which produced
so extensive, dangerous, and injudicious an organiza-
tion of discontented 'masses, public confidence cannot
be permanently restored. We have our own theory
upon the subject ; and if facts should bear us out, all
we choose at present to say upon it, is, that the Con-
servative demagogues of our day, will have no cause to
congratulate themselves on the investigation.—The
Welshman.
In the midst of the terror and alarm which the late

insurrection has caused, and which is constantly repre-
sented in the English papers as " The Rising of the
Welsk»zen," it is consolatory to remark, that—however
many of our misguided countrymen who understand
English listened to and followed the insidious reason-
ings of those sowers of Chartism, Frost and Vincent—
Chartism is not the production of Wales, nor planted
there by the Natives ; nor do we believe the leaders of
it have ever been able to establish it firmly where the
Welsh language alone was spoken, from the impossibi-
bility of making their opinions palatable to the ❑atives.
But where they were sufficiently acquainted with Eng-

lish to be led astray by the arguments of their corruptors
there it took the firmest hold ; but, happily, their eyes

have opened to the horrible consequences of the experi-
ment they were induced to try, by the fatal effects of
their first step in the road of bloodshed and sedition.
INlay our people rest for the future, contented with their
own legitimate interests (their music, their language,
and their poetry), and never more be seduced by the
specious tongues of English rebels, whose only objects
are anarchy and confusion. It is not long since a letter
appeared in these columns, saying that " if Chartism
was not to be encouraged," then it was highly necessary
the heads of the Church should provide Welsh
pastors for the people ; and we are confident that if
the Welsh had not been deprived, in too many instances,
of their native clergy, the evil would not have spread as
it has done.—South Wales Advertiser.

" THE MARINE OFFICER," By SIR ROBERT
STEELE. The spirited and highly amusing Sketches
which constitute the chief portion of the above-named
officer's new work, will doubtless excite much-attention
Among the United Services, and particularly among that
important branch of them to which many of the details
more immediately relate., But the absolute reality of
everything which is told by the gallant knight of his va-
rious adventures " by flood and field," and still more the
numerous reminiscences of the most important and
striking events, both naval and military of the late war,
will give to these volumes an attraction as universal as
the interest and excitement of the stirring times and
themes of which they present so entertaining a series of
illustrations.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE. —A man and a
woman were brought up at the Borough Court, Man•
chester, on Thursday last, and, from the evidence given,
it appeared, that an incestuous intercourse had existed.
between them, the female being the wife of the male
prisoner's brother. A. child was, it seems, born on the
sth instant, one of the fruits of this intercourse, and
afterwards taken away from the woman by the man. On
the man being asked where the child was domiciled, and
whether he was disposed to tell all he knew about it,
he replied, that it was not in Manchester—that it was
among his friends, but, that he would not, let the con-
sequences be what they might to him, give any further
information. The Court remanded him till the next
day, and intimated that his liberation, or otherwise, would
depend on the information he then might give. The
man with great earnestness, replied, that he would not,
under any circumstances, ever give any further informa-
tion. If there is any truth in Lavater, or in phrenology,
he will, to all appearances, keep his resolve.
LLANDOVERY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—
The annual General Meeting and Cattle Show of the
Llandovery District Agricultural Society took place at
Llandovery, on Wednesday, the 13th inst. Several
excellent and instructive speeches were delivered by the
President and other friends, elucidated by facts which
had proved the beneficial results of an union between
theory and practice, in the pursuits of the several
branches of agriculture, particularly in adhering to tur-
nips and other green crops draining, manure, &c.
" Cultivate your ground well—it will furnish you with
good food for your cattle, and your stock will improve
accordingly." The hilarity of the evening was kept up
with much spirit to a late hour, and before the company
separated the annual ploughing match (which gave so
much zest to the Society last February) was announced
to take place some time next February. The proceed-
ings of the day passed off with much eclat and will long
be held in remembrance by all present.—Canzbrian.
PENNY POSTAGE.--
An erroneous impression
seems to have been taken up in some quarters, that
the fourpenny rate is substituted for the- penny rate.
We-- can assure the public, on the best .authority, that
they need be under no such fears. The Penny. Postage
will assuredly take place as soon as the stamps are
ready.—Bath Herald.

future Queen. It would have been rather outre for her
Majesty to have pledged herself for the sound Protes-

tantism of Prince Albert's progenitors. The precedent
is not in point. In the secluded education of a young
Princess, the religion of an " illustrious line" may be
reckoned upon as a family inheritance. A man like
Prince Albert must answer for himself. Amongst
many other amiable qualities, report assigns him that
of boing a devout Protestant. But unless her Ma-
jesty's choice was decided by that °not very peculiar
or rare circumstance, neither precedent nor propriety
required any allusion to it. The impudent assertion
of a Tory newspaper, that her Majesty spent her
time at Windsor in " amorous dalliance with a
Papist," had not sufficiently answered the purpose
of its infamous fabricators to require a contradic-
tion. When George 111. ascended the throne, there

were many circumstances leading to his allusion to the
Protestant family of his intended bride that have since
ceased to exist, or been altogether changed. The great
political collision between Governments adhering to
the old ;:religion and to the new, yet agitated Europe.
Protestantism and Popery were the basis of alliances,
or the occasions of warfare. The policy and power
of this country, as they had descended from Elizabeth
through Cromwell and King William, still marked her
prominent position in the Protestant party of nations
against the Catholic. The later years of Queen Anne's
reign had furnished cause of alarm to those who prized
freedom of conscience as not the least precious
portion of their Protestant religion. And there existed
a Roman Catholic Pretender to the Crown, patronized
abroad, and as subsequent events demonstrated, formi-
dable at home. The grumbler in the Times writes
like an Ephesian sleeper, who is not sufficiently
awake to remember that the present time is not the
middle of the eighteenth century. He needs to be
reminded that the revolutionary wars swamped the
old theological demarcation of States ; that alliances
are now cemented by very different aims and inte-
rests from those which then prevailed; that the last
of the Stuarts has long slept with his fathers be-
neath the monument raised to him by George IV. ; that
Toryism, by extending toleration to Popery, has testified
to an inevitable change of domestic policy ; and that
the complaint, therefore, of her Majesty's not repeating
or imitating the words of her Royal grandfather is alike
fictitious and factious. Our Contemporary demands
whether it be desired " to cast misgivings across the
people's joy, and cloud the prospect of a Protestant
succession ?" The voice of the oracle is mysterious. In
the visible horizon, no cloud appears over the prospect
of a Protestant succession. The star of Hanover, in-
deed, is dim ; and hence the " misgivings" of those
who look towards it with wistful eyes, clouded by their
grief, and hopeless of any Protestantism so well fitted
to their peculiar taste as that of the ex-Grand Master
of Orange Lodges. Perhaps, too, they deprecate a time
when the pretence of loyalty can no longer claim shelter
under its heartfelt " recognition of the rights of the
heir-presumptive." The chief reason assigned for
blaming the alleged omission in her Majesty's declaration
' is a very singular one. It is confessed, in the strongest
terms, that not the slightest ground of suspicion or
apprehension can exist as to the Protestant faith of
her Majesty or that of Prince Albert. But it is
argued that a Protestant " pledge" would have
been very satisfactory and gratifying to those " extrava-
gant and wine-warmed individuals" whose speeches,
applauded by a disloyal faction, have excited the notion
" that there exists among the Conservatives an ultra-
Protestant wish to see the present heir presumptive in
actual possession of the Crown." Our readers will ad-
mire, in this quotation, the exquisite gentleness of the
Times vocabulary. Treason, civil war, forced abdica-
tion, and foul usurpation, only answer in its candid co-
lumns to the " soft impeachment" of being " ultra-
Protestant." To imagine and " wish to see" all this
enormity, is simply reckoned, by cur orthodox Contem-
porary, a rather excessively religious spirit, a sort of
being " righteous over-much." And he contends that,
on the late occasion, it. was the " bounden duty" of
Ministers to have introduced into her Majesty's decla-
ration something to conciliate these amiable " ultra-
Protestants." Yes, something to conciliate the Brad-
shaws, the Robys, the Thomases, the Smythes, and the
Greggs! Something to "disabuse that mistaken class !"
An apology, as it were, frnm the Sovereign to them, in
return for their having made her unsullied name the
mark of slanderous and seditious speeches! They
would have travestied Shylock's complaints into a royal
declaration—
" Fair Sir, you spit at me on Wednesday last;
Kicked at me such a day ; on such a day
You called me dog ; and for these courtesies"
I tender you my " pledge" that myself and my in-
tended bridegroom are both of your " ultra" religion.
And by the omission of some such " gratifying refer-
ence to Protestantism," we are assured that a " new
slight" is " flung upon the Protestant Church and peo
ple." Without further reference to the monstrous im-
pudence of the claim thus made, we cannot but rejoice
that the Royal declaration is not disfigured by what could
only at best have been an impertinence. The religion
of the illustrious parties is out of question, and beyond
questio.n. Why introduce it when it could give no
additional assurance to any reasonable person, but when
it must have impaired the universal feeling of unreserved
and heartfelt gratulation? Very ill adapted was the
occasion for reminding millions of true subjects that the
Sovereign is, both by national law and personal convic-
tion, of a different religion from that which they hold ,
and very ill adapted for any occasion would have been
any Royal notice of, or concession, to, the " extravagant
and wine-warmed individuals," who cherish the " ultra-
Protestant wish to see the present heir presumptive in
actual possession of the Crown."
(From the Morning Post.)
The man whose political influence is all-powerful
with the present Ministers of Queen Victoria—the
man whose influence is such that these Ministers do not
dare upon any occasion to mention the Established
Church with respect, or to omit any occasion of deal-
ing heavy blows and great discouragement upon Pro-
testantism—has recently appeared in Dublin in his true
character of an audacious heggarman. He has not, in-
deed, the honesty and straightforwardness to come out
into the streets with his hat in his hand and solicit
halfpence like other beggars, with inferior powers for
mischief. No, he does not do this—he hunts his bea-
gles, and has his private theatricals at his house in the
country, from whence at business hours he despatches
his missives to control the Government of Queen Vic-
toria, and to heap injury and insult upon the national re-
ligion of England. But while thus occupied in busi-
ness, or amusement, he has his creatures in Dublin
actively engaged in preparing for the grand day of
combined intimidation and beggary, which is fixed for
the Bth of next month. On that day (being Sunday)
the " Tribute" for 1839 is to be collected. Three
persons, who sign themselves Trustees and Se-
cretary, have sent forth their authoritative notice oni
the subject of this begging business. They noti y
the day for the new beggary, and state, or affect to
state, the result of precedingbeggings of ;he same kind.
They say that the gross amount received for 1836 and
1837 was 14,7271., and " from the latter year to /:k
o-
vember, 1839," 10,6531. Then they .begin to remark
upon what they call " the deficiency" in the following
strain, which we think may be considered prodigious
impudence even for Irish beggars to have ventured
upon :
" The deficiency is attributable not to any reduction in
the collection derived from those parishes which sustain
the funds with patriotic continuity, but to the total absence
of some localities whose permanent support had been con-
fidently calculated upon. The default is, however, known
to have arisen solely from temporary circumstances. It
will in the present instance be fully repaired,' and a total
,squal at least to the joint amount of the two sums set
forth above cannot fail to be realised. Indeed, one shil-
ling each, had from one million of persons, would achieve
fifty thousand pounds; and be. it remembered that the
Liberals of Ireland exceed seven millions."
How modest the tone of the above ! How humble
the expectations of these beggars ! Only five-and-
:twenty thousand and some odd hundred pounds " con-
fidently.calculated upon" for the mendacious mend'.

or two in the Raphael robbery Tine of business.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
The present deranged state of the Money Marbet,
and the consequent injury which trade and conlnvwse
are suffering, have directed public attention in a speioikci
manner to the subject of our currency. It seems to le
admitted on all hands, that a metallic currency is not
adequate to the exigencies of so great a commercial
country as Great Britain ; and that a recurrence must
be made in some shape or other to a paper circulation.
The only point on which a diversity of opinion exists, is
as to the principles on which a paper currency ought to
be established ; at least from ten to twelve theories
on the subject. We have not space to enter into the
various notions which prevail as to the principles .on
which a paper currency ought to be grounded. Nei-
ther is this necessary, as some of them carry the impress
of absurdity and impracticability on their very face.
One of the most feasible schemes, on the first blush of
the matter—though even to it, with the limited consi-
deration we have been able to bestow upon it, we are
not prepared to commit ourselves—one, we say, of the
most feasible plans which have been proposed for esta-
blishing a healthier and safer system of currency is that
which was originally put forward by /gr. T. Joplin
in 1523, and which that gentleman has repeatedly
brought before the public since that period. In a very
able and intelligent pamphlet, entitled " Our Monetary
System," which he has published within the last few
days, Mr. Joplin again brings under the consideration
of the community the same system, with some slight
modifications. We will allow Mr. Joplin, who, we ought
to mention, is the author of various talented treatises
and pamphlets on similar subjects, to develope his views
in his own words. He proposes—
" 1. That on a certain day all the bank notes in the
United Kingdom, whether issued by private or joint-stock
banks, including those of the Banks of England and Ire-
land, shall become the current money of the realm, she
same as the metallic currency.
" 2. That parties holding them may receive cash for
them at the Bank of England, or may obtain from any of
the banks by which they are issued, a draft, to be termed
a bullion bill, upon the Bank of England for the amount
of them ; for which draft or bill he may either receive
coin or bank of England notes, at his option ; or he may
present it to any other bank of issue in the kingdom
and receive their notes for it.

" 3. That notes received in purchase of a bu!lioh bill
shall be cancelled ; and that such bill, if not paid in coin
or bullion by the Bank of England, shall be paid by a
fresh issue of notes, either .by the Bank of England, or
by any other bank of issue in England, Ireland, or Scot-
land, to which it may be presented.
" 4. That the Bank of England shall purchase all bul
lion presented to it by a fresh issue of notes, or by A re-
ceipt, which shall be an order upon any other batik in
England, Ireland, or Scotland, to which it shall be pre-
sented for payment, to be paid by a fresh issue of notes.
" 5. That each bank shall become indebted to the Go-
vernment for the amount of its circulation, and such fur-
ther amount as may be necessary for its till.

"6. That a Boa-rd of Commis-sioners shall be established
in London, to settle and conduct the details of the plan,
on such conditions, and with such powers, as Parliament
shall determine."
Mr. Joplin then proceeds to snake some explanatbry
observations, and to point out the results which he con-
ceives would flow from the adoption of his plan
" The general proposition (he says) embraced in this
plan is, that the power of issuing notes at pleasure is to
be taken from the banks by which the currency is at pre-
sent issued, and that hereafter there shall be no alter:Kim

in the amount of the circulation, except such as would be
produced by an importation and exportation of the pre-
cious metals, if the currency were metallic: and this prin-
ciple being adopted, the great object will be obtained. I
have proposed the arrangements with respect to bullion
bills, &c., with a view to simplify the practical application
of the principle ; but any other arrangement may bo equally
well adopted that shall appear more convenient.
" The advantage of making the existing issuers of the
currency the future agents in the management upon it,
upon terms advantageous to themselves, is obvious. It
will prevent anything like derangement in carrying the plan
into effect ; the public will know no other difference, than
that the bank notes they may hold will possess a higher
degree of credit ; while, from the moment the plan is
adopted, all further derangements in the Money Market,
from the operation of the exchanges, will be at an end; as
the influx and reflux of the precious metals will take place,
totally independent of, and unconnected with it."
As we observed before, we have not bestowed suffi-
cient attention on the subject to be able to pronounce
any decided opinion on the merits of Mr. Joplin's plan.
This, however, we can say with confidence, that it is
oae which, not less from its seeming feasibility than
from the author's reputation as a writer on such sub-
jects, is entitled to the serious consideration of the
Government and the Legislature. What strikes us
as the greatest objection to it is the complicated ma-
chinery by which Mr. Joplin proposes to carry his
views into effect. To make all the banks throughout
the country banks of issue, would, we apprehend, be
attended with great inconvenience. We doubt exceed-
ingly whether this part of Mr. Joplin's plan would
work with the regularity and produce the beneficial re-
sults which he anticipates. Why, above all tinge;
include the private banks among those on whom he
would confer the privilege of issuing notes, when it its
clear that in a very short time they will be all swallowed
op by the joint-stock banks ? Private banks are obvi-
ously unsuited to the spirit 'of the age and the progress
of commerce in this country. Would it not, moreover,
be a much more preferable plan to have one great Go-
vernment establishment, to be called a Nation:l Bank,
which alone should have the power of issuing notes,
the issues being, of course, made under proper regu-
lations? This, it appears to us, would greatly simplify
the thing, and insure a far greater regularity in 'air
monetary system than could be effected by any other
plan. Mr. Joplin does not expressly state whether his
system of an improved currency includes a recurrence
to a small note circulation. We presume it does ; for
a gentleman of his intelligence on the subject of our
monetary system must long before now have perceived
that without the re-adoption of one-pound notes, no
plan for improving our currency can be effectual. Mr.
Joplin's pamphlet, which is published by Mr. Ridgway,
appears at a very seasonable moment. It cannot fail
to attract attention, add it will certainly well reward
the most careful consideration which can be bestowed
upon it.

(From the Morning Herald.)
That the Protestant religion should be treated with
slight and contempt, and great discouragement, by a
set of Ministers, whose chief reliance fat support in
office, next to the Ladies of the Bedchamber, is the
Popish agitator of Ireland, cannot sunrise
It was, therefore, no matter of public astonish-tocut
whatever, that in the speech delivered by the Queen
to her Privy Council, announcing her intended mar-
riaget /la, no
people, and on the maintenance of which depends
allusn was madeiowithPrinee to
AlbtehrattofreSlaigxieonCwobhuicrif
isG the
ilest
and holiest bond of union between the Crown fins d
ae
ion moral
ef greatness,
England.
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the
atln)ed,cwireil
maanyd raeal otuhse I iiQbk
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Queen
enes.i--:
astonishment. The British public have
the
address, we say, ex-
citedfTo rhaat
considerable
sp omission(ai eiailc ie time been accustomed to the " heavyn
tprincesie
ti phlron
ev‘o• hti cthh e placedse
realms. th the blows" which the Rotnanised Wh4Ts inflict upon the
yu
,S e
then o f
vde rthat
act of omission exciteHs haonuol
any surprise, although, as a
)Morning Contemporary has truly remarked, Ministers
adopted substantially the precedent of George 111.
upon a similar occasion, omitting only the Royal
assurance in regard to the Protestaat religion ? In-
deed Ministers copied the very words of the last sen-
tence of the address of that Monarch to his Council,
although they shut their eyes, and also closed the
Queen's lips as to the pledge of fervent and unalterable
attachment to the Protestant religion, contained in the
sentence that preceded it. We say " the Ministers,'
because it would neither be true in fact, nor constitu-
tional in principle, to treat the address of her Majesty
as other than the composition of her responsible ad.
visers. But it does, we confess, excite our surpristhhat
any organ of Conservative and Protestant opinions—
and that, too, an intelligent and able one—,should v 4).
lunteer a defence for those delinquent Ministers, by en-
deavouring to justify that omission. Of course, as long
as the Queen is in the hands of such advisers she must
speak what is set down for her, and when one expresses
dissatisfaction with the Royal Speech it can -have no
personal Illusion to her Majesty, who only recites what
her Cabinet composed. In alluding to the Queen's
address, and the omission in question, the Standard
says, " we frankly confess we see nothing in it w:114