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that is to be found on the breakfast tables of every noble I
family in England—a paper that -is to be found on the
ladies' tea-table, and thence descending to the servants
in the kitchen, and is there read by them—a paper that
is to be found in every public-house, tavern,
house, and mansion, and it is an organ that has
been made one of the greatest properties in England."
It is a common thing to say of the class where& this
assailant of ours is a notorious specimen, that their
abuse is an honour ; but that is not the way in which
we most value his vituperations. We value them
chiefly because they are evidence of the extent to which
the Times has been useful in baffling those designs of
sedition and Popery in Ireland, of which this angry
libeller is the leader and the tool. We value them be-
cause they prove that we are felt by the worst enemies
of our country to have been among the most formidable
causes of their disappointment and defeat. We are
proud of such a testimonial, for we are conscious of
having laboured hard and honestly to deserve it. We
have been the foremost to unkennel and drag forth their
hypocrisy, to denounce their falsehoods, to proclaim
their plots, to give note of their movements, to drive back
their aggressions, until, by the untiring application of
every means within the legitimate sphere of our powers,
by every species of warning, information, and argument,
as well from private as from public sources, from
speeches, from correspondence, from documents—Par-
liamentary and official—we have everywhere met, balked,
exposed, discomfited, confounded, crippled, and dis-
graced them.
(From the Morning Post.)
A new number of the Quarterly Review has just been
published. The principal political article, on the con-
duct of Ministers, is an exceedingly able one, and very
seasonable. It is calm, forcible, and practical. Its
great value consists in the bringing together of public
and undeniable facts, so as to bear directly upon the ex-
position of the true character of the present Administra-
tion. It is not to be imagined that so clear, so plain, so
emphatic a recapitulation and application of the events
of the last twelve or eighteen months can be without a
very great effect upon the public understanding of the
real merits or demerits of the Government. Now,
all that we Conservatives desire is, that a fair and
honest judgment may be formed of the Ministry
according to its acts, and the probable and reason-
able effects of them ; and that this judgment being
formed, the people may act accordingly, either in zea-
lously supporting the Government so as to make it
strong and powerful, or in strenuously resisting it, so as
to get rid of a Government which not only does not
deserve to be strong and powerful, but does not deserve
to exist all. The Quarterly Reviewer, after giving a
most striking description of the gross, filthy, and sinful
opinions which the notorious Mr. Owen holds and pro-
mulgates, continues thus :
" The presenting of Owen and his petition (to the
Queen) Lord Melbourne thought—if he thought about it
all—a matter of course; and that he was doing no more
than his daily task of upholding his Government by its
ordinary, and indeed only means of evidence—the crouch-
ing (most reluctantly, we cannot doubt) to every vulgar
agitator, demagogue, or fanatic, who can raise himself
into notice by hostility, however foolish or however wicked,
to the established order in politics, morals, or religion.
But, then, if such be the case—if such be the dire and
irresistible necessity of Lord Melbourne's position—if such
he the empty phantom that would pass itself off on us for
a Government where there is any permanent safety for the
country—if a ruffian is to be made a Magistrate in one year
with no other apparent claim than the possession of prin.
ciples which next year bring him to the gallows—if a
Chancellor of the Exchequer is to induce the Legisla-
ture to remit an important branch of revenue on the pro-
mise and pledge that certain illegal, immoral, and incen-
diary publications should thereupon be prosecuted and
suppressed, and if such publications arc nevertheless allowed
to proceed with increasing scandal and uninterrupted
Impunity—if the Minister especially charged with the pre-
servation of the public peace is so 'blind or so wilful as to
volunteer a public panegyric on popular meetings, at a
moment whcm popular meetings were everywhere threat-
diriog the public tranquillity—if a pocceurante Premier
can, from carelessness or from weakness, ba drawn into
giving to the brutal end abominable tenets of °universal
COMMUnity the appearance, hortever false or flimsy, of
Royal and Ministerial sanction—if, we say, we are to be
exposed to such an unnatural perversion, or such a miser-
able abandonment of the powers and duties of a Govern-
dicta, who or what shall he safe or sacred? Where will
there be any security for property or for life—for the
honour of men or for the chastity of women—for the
existence of religion—for the authority of law—for any
bond of human suctety—nay, for the very acknov.led,gment
of a Grid ?"

So far as the security for such things depends upon
Government, we think that the people of this country
are in a very dangerous pos,ition while the present Go•
vcrnment lasts. We therefore are of opinion that the
people should spare no exertion to obtain a better Go-
vernment than the present.
(Front the Morning Advertiser.)
Few documents of a public nature which have passed
through our hands have afforded us higher gratification
than the Bull of the reigning Pope, Gregory XVI.,
expressly denouncing the inhuman traffic in human
beings, and virtually forbidding the negro slave trade
tl:roug:out the vast dominions subjected to Papal
authority. While we are proud to hail the document
in question as calculated to be the herald of liberty and
happiness to myriads of our fellow creatures, we cannot
withhold the tribute which is due to the enlightened
efforts of our distinguished Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, Lord Palmerston, to whose zealous and well-
timed exertions the cause of humanity is indebted for
this and many similar results, which have for their
object the abolition of tyranny and oppression, and
the promotion of liberty, civil and religious, all over
the world.

THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—An
excellently timed and warmly-persuasive Sermon was
preached for this Society on Christmas Day evening, at
tho Chapel in Gray's Inn-lane, by the Rev. T. Mor-
timer, 8.D., after which a collection was made amoun-
ting to 411. 10s. This really " Samaritan" Society—
a very minister of good at all seasons, but winter
especially—seeks out the most pitiful cases of human
misery, with no distinction of creed or nation. The
funds are, however, wholly inadequate to the increase
of distressing cases and their full relief, whilst patro-
nage could not be better bestowed. The number of
cases relieved i❑ the past year was 7,000 ; income not
quite 3,0001.

PRIZE FIGHTING.—On Thursday morning there
was an attempt to get up a pugilistic combat on the
Race Hill at Brighton, which it cost our local autho-
rities considerable pains to defeat. It seems that on
Monday or Tuesday last a fight was planned at a low
public-house in Darby-place between a man named
Smith, an umbrella maker of this town, and one Luke
Lock. It was to come off on Thursday, on which day,
notwsthstanding the torrents of rain which were falling,
some thousands of people collected at an early hour.
On receiving information of what was going on, the
High Constable and his Headboroughs set off for the
spot to preserve the peace. They broke into the ring,
and, despite the hissings of the mob, captured one of
the pugilists, Lock, who was seated on the knees of his
second. Smith made his escape, and took refuge in the
beforc-mentioned public-house, which was filled with
above a hundred persons of the lowest grade of society.
Here he attempted to bar himself in by placing a bed-
stead against the door of the chamber in which he was,
but Solomon, ascertaining where he was, broke in and
captured him. Yesterday morning both men were
brought up before the Magistrates, and exhibited a
couple of black eyes each, the effects of the unfinished
combat of the previous day. They are both light
men, of very sinister countenances. Mr. Basevi said
they must each find a surety in 101. to appear to
answer the charge on Monday, or, in default, be com-
mitted till that. tame. The men were then put back,
and warrants issued against the seconds on the above
occasion.—Briyhton Herald.

We understand that in consequence of the num-
ber of persons, exceeding 1,800, who are entitled to be
present at the Royal marriage, her Majesty has desired
a communication to be made to the Archbishop of Can-
terbury and Bishop of London, and it is possible the
august ceremony may be solemnised in St. George's
Chapel, Windsor. Until this question is determined,
the preparations are still continued at the Royal Chapel,
St. James's, where new galleries and seats to see the
procession are being erected ; but we repeat, that it
will not contain above five hundred persons. The
Marquis of Conyngham, K.P., and the Earl of Gros-
venor, are to proceed early in January with the in-
signia of the Order of the Garter, to invest Prince
Albert of Saxe Coburg, who will not arrive here till
the day before his marriage. Her Majesty is, we
hear, anxious to have the nuptial ceremony performed
on Saturday the Bth, or, at the latest, on Monday
the 10th of February.—Argus.

The Nottingham Review says, the Relief Com-
mittee, up to Monday morning last, has distributed
1,120 stone of bread, and eleven sacks of potatoes.
During the period since our last report, 1,200 persons
have been relieved by the Visiting Committee, and the
town has been divided into districts, but visitors are
wanted. The Committee have employed upon the Fo-
rest 496 wen with families. The number of persons
provided with two meals a-day, at the workhouse, had
diminished to 70 on Tuesday last ; that mode of relief,
therefore, for the present, is discontinued. Some of
the parties were referred to the Relief Fund Commit-
tee, a few were taken into the workhouse, and others
have been relieved in a different manner ; 150 persons
are at'present enploycd by the Guardians.

LONGEVITY.—Last week, four venerable dames
were interred in Mansfield church-yard, within a few
days of each other, whose united ages amounted to 332
years :—Mrs. 11Iitens, 80 ; Mrs, Robinson, 80 ; Mrs.
Massey, 62 ; and Mrs. Slaney, 90. The latter being
born in 1750, of course lived ten years in the reign of
George I I.—Doncaster Gazelle.

A paragraph having appeared in some of the
newspapers regarding the will of the late Miss Innes, of
Stow, we are authorised to state that the fortune left by
her is very greatly exarerated, and that no person has
any right to any part of her fortune, except her legal
heir and executor.

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3st obedient servant,

S. B. WOOLHOUSE.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD., DEC. 28.—The following gentlemen have
been elected students of Christ Church :—Henry Cot-
ton, Wm. A. Buckland, C. A. Conybeare, W. W.
Hall, C. W. W. Wynn, E. Rogers, F. H. Murray, R.
Garth ; also) T. Green Maurice, C. M. Swabey, who
were from Westminster School in May last.
The trustees of the es.ates devised by Wm. Hulme,
Esq., will, on. Feb. 10, 1840, nominate and present to
the vicarage o f Preston, and to the perpetual curacy of
Church Kirk., both in Lancashire, two individuals who
either are or have been exhibitioners on the foundation
of the said Wm. Hulme, at Brazennose College, and
have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Uni-
versity of Oxford, and been admitted into holy orders.
Candidates to apply by letter, with proper testimonials,
to Mr. Thomas Markland, Secretary, Manchester, on
or before the 25th day of January next.
Earl How e has presented the Rev. F. M. Knollis,
Fellow of M..agdalen College, to the Rectory of Con-
gerstone, Licestershire.
The DeNQ and Chapter of Wells have presented the
Rev. T. a. Coney, of Ballot College, to the Vicarage
of Puckled,urch, Gloucestershire.

General J. Michel, of Dewrich House, Dorset, has
presented 'the Rev. Wm. S. Hadley, of Queen's Col-
lege, to the Vicarage of Isle Brewers, Somerset.
The Load Bishop of Bath and Wells has instituted
the Rev. SVm. Thorpe, of Merton College, to the Vi-
carage of Wookey," Somerset, on the presentation of the
Rev. C. K.cene, Sub Dean of Wells.
John Barney, Esq., has presented the Rer. John
Barney, of .Magdalen Hall, to the Vicarage of Charlton
Adam, Somberset.

Mr. Barfour has been appointed Superintendent
of Factories in the place of Mr. Bagley. _

The Earl and Countess of Carlisle are receiving
a party at Castle Howard, their seat in Yorkshire.
FIRE AT' BRIGHTON.—On Thursday evening
a fire broke out in the extensive premises at the bottom
of St. James's-street, formerly known as Lucombe's
library, but mow applied to the purposes of a fancy
warehouse, and called the Old Steyne Bazaar. The
Bazaar, on tins fire being extinguished, presented a most
deplorable seer e. The destruct;on of the property it
contained was complete. The origin of the calamity is
unknown. Tltr e woman who had charge of the place
states that she left it quite safe, with the gas-lights
burning, and tb ey were found alight when the door was
broken open. It was quite impossible to save anything,
and the preservation of the mass of building by which
the Bazaar is surrounded may be attributed to the ex-
ertions of those present (among whom Paine the Hall-
keeper s.s.as, a:; usual, foremost in activity and skill), the
abundant supply of water, and the absence of any
draught of air. Had the flames broken through the
consequences might have been most
second
disastrous.
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COVENTRY RIBBON TRADE.—It having
been suggest ed by a gentleman from London, con-
nected with the Ribbon Trade, the importance of
having pure white adopted at the public rejoicings
on the occasi,Dn of her Majesty s marriage, a meet- i
ing of the manufacturers was called. At the
suggestion of Air. Ellice, a memorial has been forwarded
officially by the Illyor to the Marquis of Normanby,
Secretary of Statc, for presentation to the Queen.

On Saturday, at trio o'clock, two deputations—one
on the part of the Marylebone Vestry, consisting of
Messrs. G. A. Young, Byers, Clapp, and Loveridge ;
and the other appointed by a numerous meeting of
tradesmen resident within the borough—waited upon
the Secretary of State, at the Home Office, for the
purpose of calling his Lordship's attention to the recent
decisions of the local Magistracy of Marylebone, under
the 7th sectio❑ of the 60th clause of the New Police
Act.

The joint Deputations, which consisted of fourteen in
number, having been announced, his Lordship received
them most graciously.
Mr. G. A. YOUNG said they had been deputed to wait
upon his Lordship to complain of the arbitrary con-
struction put upon the above-named clause by the local
Magistracy, inasmuch as they had, upon the information
of a common informer, fined several hundred tradesmen,
resident in the borough, for the alleged offence of expos-
ing goods for sale on the outside of their shops, without
taking into consideration how far the operation of the
clause was modified by the concluding sentence, " so fat
as to cause any annoyance or obstruction in any tho-
roughfare." By the local Marylebone Acts, the Magis-
trates and the Vestry possessed powers not dissimilar
from those now complained of in the New Police Act ;
but the difference consisted in the manner in which the
Vestry and Magistrates exercised their respective powers.
The Magistrates convicted respectable tradesmen
upon the word of a common informer, who had a ma-
nifest interest in exaggerating any supposed offence.
The Vestry on the other hand, never exercised the
powers committed to them, except through the instru-
mentality of an officer, and after a committee of Vestry
had been appointed to examine and report upon the
alleged infringement of the law. He (Mr. Young)
would also call his Lordship's attention to the fact,
that the Vestry of St. Marylebone had repeatedly ap-
pealed to the Home Office in defence of their local
rights. In March, 1839, an appeal had been made
to Lord John Russell respecting the proposed incorpo-
ration of the borough of Marylebone ; but then Lord
J. Russell stated to the deputation which waited upon
him, " that he considered the principle applicable to
the local government of such large provincial towns
as Manchester and Birmingham was different to
that which ought to be applied to metropo-
litan districts, in consequence of the proximity
of the latter districts to the central government." He
begged to assure his Lordship, that the vestries and rate-
payers of Marylebone claimed as a right the same con-
trol over the magistracy and the police, and all the
benefits which a local court in civil matters could confer,
as would be secured to large provincial towns by the
Municipal Corporation, or any other Acts whatsoever.
After some further observations, he said the deputa-
tion were most anxious to press upon his Lordship's
attention, that no feeling was more deeply rooted in the
minds of the inhabitants of Marylebone than the desire
to maintain in all its integrity the principle of local self-
government. Mr. Young concluded by observing to his
Lordship that these expressions were in no way intended
in a spirit of hostility to the existing Government, but,
as sincere Reformers, the deputation considered they
could not render a more efficient service to a Liberal
Administration than communicating to them the exact
state of public opinion on these important points.
Mr. BYERS also addressed his Lordship in a simi-
lar strain on the part of the Vestry.
Mr. ROBINSON, on the part of the tradesmen of
Marylebone, entered also at considerable length into va-
rious explanations respecting the powers given to the
Magistracy under the local Acts of Marylebone, and
showed the vexatious and oppressive system carried on
under the 60th clause of the New Police Act.

The Marquis a NORMANBY said he had listened
with great pleasure and attention to the remarks which
had fallen trom the various speakers. He considered
that Mr. Young had very properly, in his opinion,
abstained from suggesting any specific course
which the Government ought to pursue, or any direct
interference with the Magistracy. He felt with the de-
putation that a very vexatious construction had been put
upon the clause under which the tradesmen had been con-
victed. It the matter were left in the bands of the Govern-
mentthe Noble Marquis was convinced that every practical
cause of complaint would be remedied, and that probably
the Magistrates, exercising the power they possessed of
reducing the fine to a mere nominal amount, would ren-
der the trade of the informer one not worth following.
At the present moment he could not interere with the.
other matters referred to by Mr. Young, inasmuch as
they were not the immediate questions before him.
Notwithstanding this was the case, he (the Noble Mar •
quis) begged to inform the Deputations that he had lis-
tened to them with much attention, and could assure
them they would not be lost upon him. In conclusion,
the Noble Marquis said he could assure the deputation,
that, as a member of the Government, he was most anx-
ious to pay every attention to representations emaaatinsz
from the public, and especially from so enlightened and
influential a district as that of the borough of Maryle-
bone.

Mr. YOUNG said it would be difficult for the Dept"ty
tation to have suggested to his Lordship any practical
remedy ; they felt, however, that in such hands a 3 they
had now the honour to leave it, the Government tvould
seek means to remedy the evil complained of, without
any way fettering the independency of the Magistracy
in the discharge of their duty in the Police Courts.
The Marquis of NORMANBY again expressed his gra-
tification on the subject being brought before hisn, and
stated that be would exert his influence to obtain an
efficient remedy of the evil complained of.
The Deputation then withdrew, every individual of
which expressed his gratification at the politeness and
urbanity with which they had been received. •

COUNTY COURT OF REQUESTS.

One of Lord Byron's aversions, a " dumpy woman,"
by name Elizabeth Jones, came forward, pattens in hand,
to say why she objected to pay 11. 195., for the due li-
quidation of which she had becolne bound for her son,
the original contractor of the debt.
A written undertaking, with a large cross at the bot-
tom, purporting to be "the mark" of the defendant, was
put in as evidence of Mrs. Jones's liability.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois—Well, Mrs. Jones, you
have not fulfilled your agreement ; by this paper you
consent to pay 10s. monthly, provided the plaintiff stays
proceedings against your son.
Defendant—Oh dear no, I never agreed to no such
thing.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois—But here is the written
agreement, with your mark at the bottom.
Defendant—l hav'nt had a dickshinary edication, and
so they must have taken advantage of me. Ail I pro-
mised was, that if my son gave me the money I would
pay it to the plaintiff.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois—That won't do, Mrs.
Jones ; you got your son out of the scrape by undertak-
res
a respectableetahle laundress.
ing to pay his debt for him, and you must take the con-
sequences. What circumstances are you in ?
s ; I only
takes in a bit of washing.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois—How much do you think
DP leafiennt idffa—n t Plaintiff—She's
ainta respectable
she can afford to pay a week ?
Plaintiff—Five shillings. I should not say so much
if she wasn't as respectable a laundress as any in the
neighbourhood.
Defendant (angrily)—l aint respectable, I never was
respectable, and that the people I wash for can prove.
How can a washerwoman be respectable who is obliged
to take home the linen herself in a wheelbarrow ?

Plaintiff—Your son helps you, and he is good for ten
shillings a week.
Defendant (shaking her pattens)—He's not good for
anything ! He's good for nothing, your Lordship, and
that everybody as knows him can prove.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois—You must pay four shil•
lings a week.
Defendant—l hope your Lordship will make it half-
a crown, and I'll be on my oath it shit truo what he
says that I'm respectable.
The COURT would not make any reduction.
The plaintiff made as much expedirion as he could out
of court, in order to avoid the fury of the defendant,
soon as she got her order, made great haste to
give it it him, as she said, for telling his Lordship that she
was in any way respectable.
Mr. Cohen, schoolmaster, was summoned by Mr.
Wright, "scholastic agent," for one guinea.
The plaintiff stated that Mr. Cohen advertised for
an assistant, and was supplied to his satisfaction, through
plaintiff's exertions. 'l° prove that defendant had put
himself in correspondence with plaintiff on the subject,
some of defendant's letters were produced. Plaintiff
applied for the customary fee of one guinea, which,
being refused, he brought the present action:
Defendant, in reply, said it was true he inserted an
advertisement flr an assistant in the public papers, and
that, among other replies, he got one from tip-, plaintiff,
who offered to send him a person having the requisite
qualifications. Defendant had no idea that he was to
be laid under contribution if he engaged a person sent
by the plaintiff, and indeed, had the plaintiff hinted in
his letters that he should look for remuneration, his
services would most certainly have been declined.
The plaintiff declared it was quite a customary affair
to get a fee from principals, if the agent was the means
of supplying them with suitable assistants.
Mr. Commissioner Dubois was of opinion the plain-
tiff had no legal right to the fee of a guinea.

THE NEWPORT TRIALS.—The trial of Frost
and his fellow-prisoners will commence on the 31st. We
have heard that one of the physical-force Chartists, at
a recent meeting, seemed almost desirous that Frost
should be executed, for, added he, " if he is reprieved
Chartism will be at an end !" Let the Government
ponder on this. Tory may be certain that the severest
measure of justice will not fail to excite the most savage
acts of retaliation ; on the other hand, mercy will be
equally sure to appease the angry passions of the Char-
tists.—Wiltshire Independent.