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London, England, 1839-03-29 00:00:00

mined was the deputation to be guided.—(Hear,
hear.) He (Mr. H.) as representing the great
community of Manchester, would support Dr.
Taylor's resolution, because he knew that his con-
. tuents had always a suspicion of the faith of many
of the Birmingham Council.—(Hear, and cheers.)
Mr. SANKEY said that the conduct of Dr.
Taylor in bringing forward this question was very
praiseworthy. He might if he chose act on
the letters he had received individually, and go
down to Birmingham without acquainting the
Convention of his intention.—(Hear. hear.) But
as a member of that body he did well in
bringing under their notice conduct which at best
was very suspicions.—( Hear, hear.) What was
the conduct of the Birmingham Journal with regard
to this Convention ? Why it had lately omitted
to give any report crf their proceedings, and termed
the great meeting at the Crown and Anchor, a
sectional meeting. Was not this saving to the
authorities that .they are willing to disconnect
themselves from any consequences that may ensue
to the Members of the Convention.—(Hear,
hear.) He would move the previous question, in
order that no interference should be taken in the
matter, the discussion of which would serve the
purpose, as wril as sending a deputation.—(Hear.)
Mr. DEEGAN seconded the motion of Mr.
Sankey, from motives of wishing to constieute to
the unanimity of the Convention.
Mr. Mont would support the resolution for the
sending a deputation. It would settle the question
at once, whether these members were or were not
honest ; a question which had given rise to many
whisperings here and elsewhere.
Mr. SKEVINGTON supported the previous ques-
tion.

Dr. TAYLOR, in reply, said that he never could
find these gentlemen to charge them face to face.
When he did find any of them there, he never
flinched from denouncing them, as witness his
taking Mr. Douglas to task on a former occasion.
—(Hear, hear.) The old proverb of " Save me
from my friends, and I will protect myself from my

enemies," was fully exemplified on this occasion.
He did not say half so much against those persons
as their great friends Messrs. Carpenter and
Cleave.—(Hear, hear.) All he said against them
was that they were Whigs, and this he would say
still.—(Hear, and cheers.) He was glad to say
that he felt proud if even the previous question was
carried, fur then he would go down on his own
responsibility, and charge them before their own
constituents.—(Hear, hear.) This he thought
was preferable to the appointment of an Inquisi-
torial Committee, a mode of acting which he
thought would be very reprehensible.—(Hear, and
cheers.) He would agree with Mr. Lovett that no
person who was prejudiced should be sent down ;
but he thought the bringing forward the question as
he did would not subject him to the charge of being
prejudiced, for if he had not done so on the eve of
an adjournment, he might be charged with cushion-
ing a question on which so much depended. He
did not blame Mr. Douglas for changing his opi-
nions with the change of property in the Birmin,
ham Journal. Whv should he ? But he thought
it was no ground for defending that gentleman, by
stating that this was the reason why he had become
a Whig. He would not detain them longer, but
would merely beg to withdraw his motion, and then
he would support Mr. Harney's motion, which went
to appoint six Delegates in place of three.
The previous question was carried,
Upon which Dr. TAYLOR said that he would
proceed to Birmingham on his own responsibility.
Upon the foregoing decision having been come to,
Mr. CLEAVE begged to move the Report of the
Agitation Committee, before referred to, be
adopted.
Mr. RALLY seconded its adoption.
Mr. RICHARDSON moved that it should stand
over, which was carried.

THE MISSION.

Mr. MOIR, who had progressed through De-
vonshire, said that in that great county, they, the
Missionaries, had the„Emost extensive success. A
great many of the middle classes came over to
them and signed the petition, and all were en-
thusiastic in their support of the Convention.
The visit to that county would be attended with
the most signal effects. But with regard to Dor-
, setshire, the ignorance of the people was so great
that they did not know what politics were, and
those who did thought they were not at liberty to
mention anything about them. Their want of
knowledge in anything concerning their own rights
was little less than the natives of Kamschatka. There
was scarcely a hope for them unless there were per-
sons sent them, to commence at the beginning of in-
struction.—(Hear, hear.) In all that he had seen
in "this county be must-say that the Quakers. were
the greatest foes of liberty he met' with. They
were unmitigated in their hostility to freedom, and
he (,Illr Moir) would state his determination to
omit no opportunity of holding up those hypocrites
to public scorn.—(Hear, and cheers.)
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Moir for
his excellent conduct during the Mission.
Upon disposing of some financial business, the
thanks of the meeting were given to the Chairman,
upon which the assembly broke up at five o'clock.
The Convention does not meet again until Wed-
nesday, the 3d of April.

NEW POST-OFFICE REGULATION.—The fol-
lowing notice has been issued by the Post-office Au-
thorities :—" General Post-office, March, 1839. The
postage on letters to awl from North America, conveyed
by her Majesty's packets, having been reduced to the
uniform rate of one shilling single, and two shillings
double, and so on in proportion, you will in future charge
that rate upon such letters without adding any charge
for inlar,d postage. Letters for Neva Scotia, New
Brunswick, and the Canadas, may be forwarded as here-
tofore, with the previous payment of the postage.—By
command, W. L. Maberly, Secretory."
THE CITY STATUE OF WELLINGTON.-
The final arrangements for this Statue—which promises
to be honourable to the metropolis, the country, and the
age—have been made with Sir Francis Chantry. Gown,-
ment has presented to the Commtttee gun metal, fruits of
his Grace's victories, to the value of 1,520/; this, added
to the sum already subscribed, makes 10,5201. On signing
the agreement, the sculptor is to receive 3,000/. ; 2,000/.
with the metal when the small model is completed ; and
4,0001. when the work is finished—which is to be on the
18th of June, 1643. The remainder of the sum. will be
expended in providing a site, and erecting
a pedestal of
granite, three months before the statue is ready. It is to
be an equestrian statue in bronze; not less than ten feet
high from the top of the pedestal on which the horse
stands, to the top of the head of the rider. The site is
not decided upon; but it will be in the vicinity of the
the Bank. —Art Union.
The Lord Lieutenant is expected to embark at
Liverpool on Tuesday evening, the 2d of April, and, if
the passage be rood, will be in Dublin early in the fore-
noon of Wednesday, the 3d.—Dublin Post.
TRADE IN SCOTLAND.—Cotton trade ex-
ceedingly dull ; much more so than was anticipated ;
raw material high, and twist so low in price as
not to remunerate. Flax trade dull. The woollen
manufacture everywhere in Scotland prosperous, and very
considerable demands from America, especially in the
South of Scotland, at Hawiek, &c.

A WOODEN COUNTRY.—Wood (ill America)
is not only used with prodigality for all purposes to which
it is necessarily applied, but is substituted, in numberless
instances, for substances which, under other circumstances,
would have been more suitable. Not to speak of wooden
houses, bridges, and roads—of wood for fuel and fencing
—we find it adopted in the rest for purposes more anoma.
lous, where wooden pins are substituted for nails, and wells
are curbed with hollow logs, where the cabin door, swing-
ing on wooden hinges, is fastened with a wooden latch,
and the smoke escapes through a wooden chimney. En-
gineers have proposed to substitute woodwork for masonry
in the construction of railways and canal locks; and it is
said that an eminent lawyer in Missouri had a very conve-
nient office, made of a single section sawed from a hollow
sycamore. Well may ours be called a wooden country.—
Hall's Notes.
CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 3.—The prepa-
rations of the Porte for war are still carried on. The troops
which were in barracks at Rummi Chiftek have been sent
to the forts of the Dardanelles, and these posts have been
confided to the Turkish militia. Reinforcements of artil-
lery have been sent from Topkane to the Dardanelles, and,
in short, the same measures are taken as if war was on the
point of breaking out. In spite of all these precautions,
however, war may not break out. Russia, however,
secretly excites both parties to hostilities, in the
conviction that both of them will lose, and that she
alone will gain by them. Persons who are well-informed
respecting the affairs of Turkey believe that the Power
which first commences the attack by marching upon the
territory of the other will ha the conqueror, because it will
have the the support of the inhabitants. Thus, if the
Turks advance into Syria, all the inhabitants will range
themselves on their side, just as if Ibrahim Pasha were to
penetrate into Asia Minor all the inhabitants of
Anatolia would be ready to fight for hint. Captain
Walker and the other English Marine officers have ar-
rived, and they will soon be employed in the fleet, in
spite of the protests of M. de lioutenieff. Russia de-
sires war between Egypt and Turkey, because she hopes
the Grand S'gnior will be beaten and require her inter-
vention.