The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-30 00:00:00

GERMAN AND BRUSSELS PAPERS.

We learn that an individual was arrested yesterday in
the Petit Carmen, on suspicion of his being the author of
the report that was circulated, of an attempt to assassinate
Louis Phillipe and his sons.
The Dutch journals dated yesterday, contain no political
news of any importance. The cold is so severe at Amster-
dam, that on the 24th the young people were skating in
the neighbourhood of the city. The snow fell in such
quantities, that it was expected that parties of traineaux
would take place.
BRUSSELS, Matto{ 28.—The bulletin of yesterday
morning gives a favourable account of the health of the
Queen and the young Prince.
M. Debie, Burgomaster, went yesterday with his secre-
tary to the palace of Laeken, to enter on the registers the
birth of the young Prince.
The declaration of the birth was made by the King in
the presence of M. Ernst, Minister of Justice ; Count
Felix de Merode, Count d'Arschot, and Generals d'Dane
and De Stenhugse, witnesses chosen by the King.
The Prince has received the names of Philip Eugene
Ferdinand Marie Clement Baudoin Leopold George.
Her Majesty the Queen of the French, accompanied by
Princesses Mary and Clementine, arrived at Brassels yes-
terday at three o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the
palace at Lacken.
CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 28.—We have at last received
the English and French journals, in which the seizure of
the Vixen is spoken of with great acrimony. Here the
affair does not excite the slightest interest, and it is a
matter of surprise not only in the diplomatic but in other
circles, with the exception of the ship owners, that so
much noise should be made of it. It is for the interest
of the ship owners to be able to take freight for all coun-
tries without any restriction ; they therefore wish that the
prohibition to communicate with the Circassian coasts
should be revoked, and spare no pains to encourage the
house of Bell, which in fact served as a trial balloon to
make loud complaints. Messrs. Bell are of the number
of persons to whom nothing teems impossible. They
know very well what they had to expect in case
the Vixen should fall in with a Russian cruizer ;
and yet they allowed her to be put to sea ; now they
will not rest till they obtain indemnity from some
quarter or another, and exert all their efforts that their
complaints may be heard far and wide. When we speak
of the Company of Shipowners, we of course mean the
London Society, of which the one here is a kind of branch,
which is mechanically directed in London, and receives
its orders from that place.
From all we hear of Sir C. Vaughan, Lord Ponsonby's
successor, he appears to be dispassionate and considerate,
and to have always been on good terms with his colleagues.
Of Lord Ponsonby the direct contrary may be said ; and
if Sir C. Vaughan is such as he is represented, a hope mrw
be entertained that many differences, which have hi-
therto arisen between the British Legation and the
other embassies and the Ottoman authorities, will cease ;
and that the disputed points which have been pur-
posely or untruly raised, will be easily settled. It is
affirmed that if Lord Ponsonby had but half participated
in the opinions which Lord Durham expresses, if he had
in some degree known how to imitate his conduct and act in
concert with him, the question about the Vixen could never
have been brought forward, or at least, that it could have
been placed on such a footing, that it would have been de-
cided to the reciprocal satisfaction of the parties interested.
TRIESTE, MARCH 16.—Letters from Athens, by way of
Patras, which were dated as late as the beginning of March,
says,—" The persons in the immediate service of their
Majesties are much pleased with their situations in Greece.
They find their residences, society, and mode of life far
above their expectation, and little in ferior to the comforts of
Europe. No change in the Administration has yet taken
place. Count Armensperg and family arrived here in Feb-
ruary. General Schmalez, hitherto Minister of War, is
recalled. The country enjoyed tranquillity. The Klepts, fa-
voured by the Turks, still remained on the Nortk frontier.
They are said to have Captain Stralas for their Chief, and
to amount t 0.500 men ; but no hostilities had taken place,
nor can be apprehended, till the Spring is further ad-
vanced. Marshal Scuffa, Editor of the Solir, who was sent
to Syra for trial, was received with great respect by the
people, and acquitted by the Court. He has returned to
Athens. This journal appears again, but he is at present
tricking, and waiting to see which way the wind blows.—
Allgenzeinc Zeitunq, March 25.
BELGIANFUNDS—BausseLs, Matto' 28
Actual Debt, 2;4 per Cent. ...
RothschiliPs Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO%
Loan of Thirty Millions
Loan of city, 1332, 4 per Cent RI
Society of Commerce, 4ssiper Cent 132
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 135
Brussels Papers, March 29.

Yesterday morning the inhabitants of Cow-cross,
Smithfield, were thrown into considerable excitement in con-
sequence of a report that a female had been murdered by her
husband, residing in the neighbourhood. Serjeant Davies,
No. 8, G, and Hodger, another constable, proceeded to the
spot, and discovered the injured woman lying in her apartment
weltering in blood, and insensible, when they procured the
assistance of Dr. Fortescue, who discovered that she had re-
ceived a dreadful injury in the abdomen, and that a blood
vessel bad been broken. Upon inquiry it was ascertained
that the husband had retured home in a state of intoxica ion,
when he commenced a brutal attack upon the unfortunate
woman, whose cries of " Murder !" alarmed the whole of the
neighbourhood, and eventually he gave her a most tre-
mendous kick upon the abdomen, which rendered her insen-
sible and unable to move, and she was carried to the hospital
in a dangerous state. The ruffihn of a husband escaped, but
the officers, who know him, are in pursuit of him, and will, no
doubt, bring him speedily to justice.
The take of salmon in the Nith has as yet this sea-
son been very limited, and prices keep pretty high, 2s. per
pound being the general rate. The take of salmon trout has
also been very limited, Is. 6d. per pound being demanded.—
Glasgow Cunrier.
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Mr. Muspratt, manufacturer of vitriol in Vauxhall-
road, near Liverpool, recently commenced building a chimney
near Newton, which was to surpass all other chimneys in
height. We have heard it was to be 130 yards high. It
had been built, we believe, to the height of 90 yards, and was
apparently in the best and safest condition. On Wednesday,
at half-past twelve, the erection suddenly fell to the ground.
Instead of toppling over, it came down by the bulging out of
the lower part, from the immense weight on it. Mr. Johnson,
bf Liverpool, the builder of the chimney, who had gone to
visit the work by the 12 o'clock train, arrived about ten mi-
nutes after the ruin had taken place. No lives were lost, as
the workmen were at dinner at the time.—Liverpool Standard.
A man, with the singular name of Gqffer Ghost,
charged with concealing himself under d bed for the pur-
pose
of robbing a house at Wokingham, last week, was com-
mitted to Reading gaol; but on the road, the Ghost con-
trived to slip his manacles, and vanish from the constable.

PUBLIC ENTRY OF THE LIBERAL
CANDIDATES for the REPRESENTATION of
LEEDS.

The public entry of Edward Baineg, Fsq., M.P., an
Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., into L^.eds, tool
place on Monday morning last amidst much splendour an'
enthusiasm. According to previous arrangement, the Can
didates were met at Pontefract by several influential ren•
tlemen in private carriages. They arrived at the White
Horse, Hunslet, soon after eleven o'clock, where they were
met by an immense concourse of spectators, who had as-
sembled to receive them, with the most hearty cheering.
After stopping at Hunslet far about ten minutes, the pro-
cession moved off towards Leeds. _ _

The streets through which they passed were dense])
thronged with spectators ; and the windows of the houses,
and every eminence which commanded a view of the pro-
ceedings, were covered with ladies and others.
The Candidates arrived at the Cloth Hall-yard a few
minutes after twelve o'clock, and took their stations on the
steps, which serve for a hustings. On presenting them-
selves they were received with enthusiastic cheering by an
immense assemblage, amounting to nearly 15,000 persons.
After &lowing a few minutes for the attainment of order,
GEORGE GOODMAN, Esq., came forwar.l and said—Gen-
tlemen, as the weather is at present very inclement, I will
proceed, without further detaining you, to present the two
requisitions to Mr. Baines and Sir William Molesworth,
which are signed by 1,705 electors.—( Hear, hear, and loud
cheers.) Such a manifestation of public favour has never
before been exhibited in this town, and that fact induces
me, without any further ceremony, to tender to those two
gentlemen the requisitions in their behalf.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Baines and Sir William then received the requisi-
tions amidst great cheering. After which they proceeded
to address the meeting in short speeches, in which they ex-
pressed their high gratification for the flattering reception
they had received.
The meeting was then addressed by Joshua Bowen, Esq.,
and Edward Baines, jun., Esq., after which the meeting
adjourned ; and Sir William Molesworth, accompanied by
Mr. Baines and the procession, retired to the Royal Hotel,
where the Hon. Baronet had engaged apartments.

THE DINNER.
The public dinner to the two intended candidates was
given in the large room of the Commercial-buildings, at
five o'clock in the evening of Monday. About 250 persons
sat down, being as the room (which is the largest
that could be obtained) would accommodate. George
Goodman, Esq.; late mayor of this borough, presided, suf:-
ported on his right by Edward Baines, Esq., M.P., Arthur
Marshall, Esq., Molesworth, Esq., brother to Sir Wil-
liam, H. H. Stansfield, Esq. James Holdforth, Esq., John
Clapham, Esq. ; and on his left by Sir William Moleswortb,
Bert., M.P., Hutchinson, Esq., the new Liberal candi-
date for Knaresborough, Sir W. Molesworth's legal adviser,
T. B. Pease, Esq., and Henry Bentley, Esq., of Oulton.
Stewards for the guest table—George Wailes and John
Wilkinson, Esqs. The ice-presidents were—Henry Cowper
Marshall, Esq., Hamer Stansfield, Esq., William Cadman,
Esq., and Darnton Lupton, Esq.
After the cloth had been withdrawn, the usual toasts
were given; after which
The CHAIRMAN proposed the toast of the evening—
" The Liberal candidates for the representation of the
borough of Leeds, and as they are united in the requisi-
tion, may they not be separated in the declaration of the
returning officer at the next election."—( Here all the com-
pany rose and expressed their approbation of the toast by
wavieg of handkerchiefs, the clapping of hands, and un-
bounded cheering, which continued for some time.)
Mr. BAINES rose to acknowledge the honour done to
him, and was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheering,
frequently repeated. When this had subsided, he said,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, the country is at present
placed in a peculiar situation. It is almost impossible to
say whether we are to have a dissolution of Parliament,
and that you are to have an opportnnity of exercising your
elective franchise within the present session, or whether it
may be removed for some time to come ; but, Gentlemen,
whichever of these alternatives may occur, I must say you
you have chosen a most judicious course. You know that
while Parliament stands in its present situation, everything
is precarious.—( Hear.) You have wisely taken time by
the forelock.—(Hear.) You have made a selection of the
men of your choice, and you are prepared. I hope, let
the time come when it may, to return to Parliament such
men as have been fixed upon us the objects of your attach-
ment.—(Cheers.) Amongst the Reformers hitherto there
have been two classes—the Whigs, as they are popularly
called, and the Radicals. There are also two classes among
the anti-Reformers—Sir Robert Peel and Sir Robert Inglis,
who are as widely opposed to each other as any portion of
the Whigs and Radicals possibly can be, as to the extent
in Parliament of the measures they wish to be carried.—
(Hear, hear.) They stick closely together, and they show
that whatever may be the difference of opinion in their
ranks, they can keep strictly and closely united.—( Hear,
hear.) It is your duty to do the same. It is, Gentlemen,
in order to give efficacy to the representation—to give effi-
cacy to your voice—that I beg, nay intreat, that at the
next election you will return two Members, both of them
disposed to give their support to what I consider the best
Administration that ever governed this country. I do not
pretend to say, Gentlemen, that the present Ministry have
not about them what no human institution or human ingenuity
is free from. I do not mean to say they are perfect ; but
I do say that you shall search through the history of this
country from the earliest time to the present day, and you
will not find an Administration (always considering Earl
Grey's Administration as a part of the present) which has
done so much to increase the happiness and augment the
prosperity of the people as the Administration which at
present exists.—(Loud cheers.) It'was, indeed, before they
came into power that the Protestant Dissenters were re-
lieved from those disabilities under which they had for ages
laboured. It was before they came into. power that the Ca-
tholics were freed from those disabilitiesby which they had
been long oppressed. But although it was before iny Lord Grey
came into power, it was not before that time that, as States-
men, they effected this object ; because, although the Duke
of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel may be said to have car-
ried those measures, yet in reality they were carried by dint of
that liberality and of that political integrity which distinguish
the men who are at present at the helm of political affairs.
—(Cheers.) They gave us, during the last session of Par-
liament, measures which I may, perhaps, appreciate more
highly than some other gentlemen in this company, although
I believe that those who have viewed them as to their in-
fluence on the general liberties of the country highly ap-
preciate also—l mean the Registration of Births and the
Marriages Bill.—( Hear.) They gave us also another Bill
of great importance, and one which at once went to de-
stroy all those feuds that have so long existed between
the clergy and their parishioners—l allude to the measure
for a commutation of tithes.—(Hear.) Labouring in that
course of conduct, they have endeavoured to give us other
Bills of equal importance, and amongst the most prominent
of which is one for the abolition of Church-rates.—(Cheers.)
It depends upon you whether or not that measure is car-
ried, for I know that the feeling of the present Adminis-
tration is this. They say, " We are ready to fight the
battles of liberty, and if the people are ready to accom-
pany us, we will go with them and conquer for them."—
(Cheers.) If, on the contrary, I say, the people are not
so disposed—if they choose to be bearded by the Bishops—
if they choose to be outwitted by those least trust-worthy of
all public trustees—( Hear and laughter)—if they choose to
submit to the domination of men who, impatient of their
own power and of their own aggrandisement, are disposed
to disturb the peace of the Church at an opportunity when
they might restore to it all the blessings of peace and tran-
quillity—(Hear, hear.) I say, if the people of England
choose to submit to such domination, let them submit to it,
and let them pay the penalty of their want of spirit and
their want of energy.—(Loud and continued cheering.)
Gentlemen, there is another measure yet to be named. The
present
administration are anxious to do justice to Ireland
—(Hear and cheers)—they are anxious to govern Ireland
by the affections of the people, and not by the point of the
bayonet.—(Hear, hear.) I saw—and I witnessed with an
admiration which I can scarcely describe—that when the
Hon. Baronet (Sir William Molesworth) had
prepared—
and I believe no man could have more ably discharged
himself in the situation in which he was placed—to draw
the key-stone of the Orange arch in Ireland—( Hear, hear
and cheers)—the manager of the House of Commons, as
he is called, (Lord J. Russell), took out the key-stone as
neatly as possible, and let the whole edifice fall to the
ground. It. was a beautiful piece of generalship. How
are the Ministry proposing to do justice to Ireland ? They
are proposing to give them those Municipal institutions.
which England and Scotland at present enjoy ; and if any
man can assign to me a reason why Ireland should not
have those privileges, I will give place to him, aid submit
that she has no right to demand them.—(Hear.) There
is also a disposition in Ministers to reform the Irish Church;
and certainly, gentlemen, there never was a Church which
stood more in need of Reform.—(Hear, hear.) In the
world there is not such an anomaly.--(Hear, hear.) There
is an Established Church, with six-sevenths of the people
opposed to it.—(Hear, hear.) I have heard of an .
esta-
blished Church being consistent with the requirements ot
a nation because the majority of the people were of that
community. I do not think that religion requires any Es-
tablished Church at all.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
But if we are to have one, most undoubtedly it ought to
be an establishment in accordance with the opinions of the
m jority. I was a good deal amused by a late debate in
the House of Commons, in which Members oa both sides
of the House seemed to entertain a kind of alarm, ap-
proaching to a panic, at the prospect of the establishment of
the voluntary principle.—(Hear, hear, hear, and loud
cheers.) Why, gentlemen, look at the volume that we
profess to be saved by ? Do you find a single passagein
what we may call the Chriip.an statutes at large which in-

c Acates any other than the voluntary principle ?—( Hear.)
take the Founder of our religion. Did he propose any
other system of Church government but the voluntary
drinciple ?—( Hear, hear.) Did the college of fishermen
aver hold any other doctrine ?—(No, no.) No, gentlemen,
hut the bench of Bishops hold a different doctrine—
( Laughter)—and you may rely upon it that the college of
fishermen and the bench of Bishops are widely different.—
(Great laughter.) Then there is another measure that
Ministers are labouring to accomplish in order to do jus-
tice to Ireland, and that is by the establishment of a sys-
tem of Poor-laws for a body of people who are more de-
preesed in circumstances—noble and high spirited as they
me—than any other peasantry of any other nation in the
world.—(Hear, hear.) Is it not worthy of a reforming
Ministry that they should adopt such a course towards a
country which stands so much in need of their support ?
Hear.) This is not a question to which there need to be
imparted any political feeling ; and I hope men of all
parties will feel it to be their duty to aid the Ministry in
:.heir attempt to effoct so great an amelioration in the con-
dition of that brave but long misgoverned people.—(Hear.)
There is one topic to which I wish shortly to ad-
vert. You have interested yourselves wisely I think, in
endeavouring to remove imposts that exist upon the raw
materials used in your manufactures, and I hope the Mi-
nistry will exhibit every disposition to effect the object
you have in view.—(Hear, hear.) I hope also that all
possible facilities will be given to your commerce by im-
proved modes of communication.—( Hear, hear.) I am
happy to say that measures are now in rapid progress for
the accomplishment of that end, and I hope, at no distant
period, you may be able to breakfast in Leeds and dine in
London.—(Hear, and laughter.) I hope to see the eastern
and western seas united, and progress is also making to
effect that very desirable end.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, like
the lady in the postscript of her letter, I will sum up all
by declaring to you that I am, as I believe you pretty well
know, a supporter of the vote by ballot—(Cheers)----a sup-
porter of free trade, and, above all, of free trade in corn
—(Cheers)—an anxious friend of education, in order that
every man may be able to exercise a political franchise,
and that no man may withhold it from him—a friend, gen-
tlemen, to peace abroad and economy at home.—(The
Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud and prolonged
cheering.)
Sir WILLIAM MoeessvoaTH next rose, and was re-
ceived with the most. unbounded applause, the company si-
multaneously rising and waving their handkerchiefs. The
cheering was prolonged for some time, and as soon as the
Hon. Baronet could obtain a hearing be spoke as follows.:—
'° Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—First of all allow me to
express my admiration of the truly excellent and admi-
rable speech we have had the pleasure of hearing from my
Hon. Friend and your worthy representative.—( Cheers.)
Seldom have I listened to a speech in all the sentiments of
which I so perfectly and so fully concur ; seldom have I
listened to a speech, yea, in every sentiment of which I so
cordially agree—(Cheers)—and though my Hon. Friend
looked at me when he mentioned the present Ministry, let
me say, that in the sentiments by him expressed in reference
to them I likewise cordially concur.—(Cheers.) I must
say, Gentlemen, that I agree with him that of the many ad-
ministrations which have ruled over this country for
many a long series of years, not one has been animated
by such popular principles—not one has had so earnest and
sincere a regard for the people as the administration of Lord
Melbourne.—( Loud cheers.) I don't mean to say, Gentle-
men, that I agree with that administration in every act which
they have performed, or in every act which they are about
to perform ; but, taking them upon the whole, I say they
have acted up to their professions ; therefore, I agree with
my Hon. Friend in the sentiments he has expressed in
reference to their past conduct.—(Hear.) I sincerely trust
von do not think that I have been discourteous in my con-
duct towards you in not waiting upon you at an earlier
period, but I assure you that for the last five weeks I have
suffered from the prevailing epidemic so severely, that I
have been unable to leave my house, except to go a few
times to the House of Commons on urgent business.—
( Hear.) And, moreover, tlrere has been business of great
importance to be discussed ; and never, in so short a pe-
riod of time, have so many important questions been brought
under the consideration of the Legislature as during the
last six weeks.—(Hear.) For •instance, we have discussed
the vote by Ballot ; we have considered the repeal of the
Corn-laws—(Hear)—we have discussed the repealing of
the rate-paying clauses of the Reform Act—(Hear)—we
have voted for the removal of the Bishops from the House
of Lords—(Laughter and loud cheers)—whom my Hon.
Friend who has just sat dowo most properly denominated
the most faithless of all public trustees—( Loud cheers)—
we have voted for the abolition of the property qualifica-
tion required for Members of Parliament ; we have dis-
cussed the Irish Municipal Bill ; and we have also discussed
the Irish Poor-law Bill, and the abolition of Church-rates.
—(Cheers.) Now, though it is true that only in some of
these measures have the Liberal party as yet found itself in
a majority, and though it has been found in a minority
sometimes, it was nevertheless not a very small ur insigni-
ficant one ; and it is gradudly and daily increasing, and
contains the greatest portion of the Liberal Members of the
HouSe of Commons.—(Cheers.) I say, Gentlemen, this
circumstance proves the rapid,progress which liberal prin-
ciples are making ; it proves with what amazing and gigan-
tic steps democratic principles are advancing.—(ltnmense
cheering.) This, Gentlemen, is the inevitable consequence
of the progress of knowledge and civilization—this is the
inevitable consequence of the diffusion of knowledge—
(Hear, and cheers)—it is the inevitable consequence, too,
of the increased facilities of intercourse—it is the inevi-
table consequence of the increased attention which the
people are paying to their national concerns—(Hear)—
and of the increased and growing habit of thinking
amongst the pepple, and the attention they pay to their
own concerns ; and it proves to the people that by at-
tention to the business of the nation only can they be
wisely and well governed.—(Loud cheering.) All this, I
say, tends to produce equality amongst men ; and what-
ever may be the importance of individuals, they are every
day, as individuals, sinking into greater and greater in-
significance as compared with the mass, and each day
power is passing out of the hands of the few into the hands
of the many.—(Loud cheers.) Then, in order that the
people should exercise that power peacefully and tran-
quilly—in order that they should exercise it not merely by
firs and starts, in periods of great and dangerous excite-
ment—in order that they may not exercise it as tools in the,
hands of others, but as reasoning and thinking beings ac-
customed to the use of power, and exercise that power
with a prUdence and forethought, it is of importance
that some changes should be made in the institutions of
this country.-a-(Loud cheering.) The Liberal Members
of the House of Commons have therefore thought it their
duty to bringbefore the consideration of that House vote
by Ballot, triennial Parliaments, and the extension of the
suffrage.—(Great cheering.) My Hon. Friend Mr. Baines
justly observed, that we ought not to talk about the
non-represented, because we represent both the electors
and the non-electors ; because the electors have no in-
terests distinguished from those of the rest of the com-
munity, and consequently that, theoretically spealaing,
we represent the people. But this is only theo-
retical, and I could wish that the people had a greater
share in electing their representatives, and for this rea-
son, I, for one, am in favour of household suffrage.—(Loud
cheers.) No one well acquainted with the state of pub-
lic affairs can doubt that the period is not very far disuses
when most of these measures must be carried. For in-
stance, with regard to the ballot, the arguments adduced
by Hon. Gentlemen in the House against that measure
were so strangely ludicrous, so palpably absurd, that I
Could hardly believe that the Hon. Gentlemen who opposed
it were in earnest.—(Hear, hear.) I was glad to find that
a considerable portion of his Majesty's Ministers did not
vote against the measure ; and I hope they will follow the
example of an Hon. Gentleman and a friend of mine, one
of their colleagues, the Master of Ordnance, Sir Hussey
Vivian.—(Hear, hear.) That Right lion. Baronet is ex-
ceedingly desirous to represent the county for which I have
now the honour to be Member, and to do this, be has pro-
nounced that he will vote for the ballot in accordance
with the wishes of a majority of the electors, if they re-
quire him to do so.—(Cheers.) Now if the electors of
Manchester, of Dundee, and other places would call upon
their representatives to do the same, the period could not
be far distant when we must obtain the ballot.—(Cheers.)
I say I cannot but rejoice at the progress which the ballot
is making, and the
period is not far distant when the
electors will be able to vote according to their consciences,
and according to principles they approve.—(Loud cheers.)
Gentlemen, I have referred to other important topics, but
at present I cannot enter into minute detail ; but their
progress pros-es how rapid is the growth and advance of
democratic principles—how certain the victory of Liberal
over Conservative principles—(Loud cheers)—and how
powerful soever the Tories may be—however powerful tile
influence of the landed proprietors—they must ultimately
succumb to the people ; and the people, eith the assistance
of the united Liberal electors, must be determined to assist
each other in opposing their deadly foes.—( Hear, hear.)
There is one me sure indicative of this triumph to whieb 1
must beg to say a few words, because the majority on that
measure contradicts an assertion that the people of thi
country are indifferent to the well-being and good govern-
ment of the Sister country.—(Cheers.) I say the large
majority on that measure proves how false the position is,
that we do not care whether justice is done or not.—(Loul
cries of " Hear," and cheers.) The question is the Irish
Municipal Bill. One objection of the Tories is, that the
carrying
of this measure would endanger the stability of
the. Irish Church.—(Laughter.) Thus, Gentlemen, they
constantly strive to render this most monstrous of
Irish establishments still more monstrous by making
it a plea for refusing to Ireland the same rights and
the same pfivileges which have been granted to you

in England, and to the people of Scotland.—(Loud
cheers.) But, Gentlemen, the question with the Tories was
not whether municipal institutions are good or whether
they are bad, but it was with them a desperate struggle for
the regaining of place and power. Hence the mad fury
and the wild. fanaticism with which an arrogant faction
attacked the present Government—hence the fury, the in-
solence, and the foul filth which they threw at the present
Ministry—hence the despicable conduct which turotal into
an unmeaning growl the clamour of a contending faction,
instead of its being the calm and quiet discussion of a great
and important measure.—(Loud cheering.) No wonder,
Gentlemen, that the Tories hate the Government of Lord
Mulgrave—no wonder that the people of Ireland love that
Government with such vehement affection, for before the
Government of Lord Mulgrave, Ireland was ruled over by
an intolerant, by an insolent, by a domineering, and a secret
faction.—(Hear, hear.) The misrule of that faction, I
mean the Orattge faction, produced the very worst state of
society.; their principles contaminated the very source of
justice, they were promulgated even from the pulpit.—
(Hear, hear.) The members of this accursed Association
were to be found amongst the magistrates, in the army,
in the navy, and -even in the police.—(Laughter and
cheers.) Their foul acts were countenanced, were connived
at, aye, even approved of by those whose duty it was to
have punished them. Now the Government of Lord Mul-
grave has changed this state of things, and he has pro-
scribed, he has put down that faction, and the people of
Ireland now feel that the sympathies of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters are with them, and that even-handed justice can
now be obtained by all. Now, I ask, do the Tories think
that the people of Ireland, after centuries of misrule, and
having once experienced kindness and good treatment from
its rurers—that after ages of oppression, having tasted the
fruits of good Government—do they think that the people
will ever again consent to be ill-treated by a Tory domina-
tion ?—(No, no.) Why, d) the Tories think that such a
people will ever consent to become again the slaves of a foul
and accursed faction ? It is now seen, Gentlemen, that
all popular measures, all liberal ,enactments, are to be re-
jacted by a majority in the House of Lords, and then, by
means of that majority, the Tories are going to seize the
reins of office, and again attempt to rule over this coun-
try. Then, it is said, that the great military chief, the
Duke of Wellington, is to be sent as Viceroy to Ire-
land, to treat that country as an insurgent province, and
rule over it according to his well-known maxim, that that
which is gained by the sword must be kept by the sword.—
( Hear, hear.) 1 ask, will the people of England permit
this ?—(Loud cries of " No, no.") I ask, will the people
of Ireland tamely submit themselves to be oppressed in this
.way, and to be put down by a few Members of the Aris-
tocracy ?—(No, no.) I tell the Tories, if they make the
attempt they must fail—and they must fail in blood, for
there is a people in that country who, at all hazards, will
abide the consequences of a struggle against the Lords and
the Tories combined ; and liere are thousands and tens of
thousands of intelligent men in England who will back them
in their noble attempts to obtain justice for Ireland.—(Great
cheering, which lasted for some time.) Gentlemen, ,you
sympathise, I see, with the people of Ireland in their wrongs,
and you demand justice for Ireland ; but I say, not only
unto Ireland let-justice be done, but in every part of this
great empire—in every one of our colonies and depen-
cies ; wherever our sway or sceptre extends, there let
even-handed justice be meted out to all, and let the exer-
cise of our power be that of a mild and merciful benefac-
tor, and not of the cruel and merciless tyrant. It is, there-
fore, Gentlemen, with feelings of deep pain and intense sor-
row that I now refer to a measure about to be introduced
into Parliament With regard to the colony of Lower Canada.
A few simple facts will prove to your minds, how- deep an
injury, how gross a wrong, is proposed to be done to that
important colony. You know, perhaps, that we some time
ago granted a constitution to that colony,•similar, in many
respects, to what.. we have in England. We gave them a
House of Commons, with powers and with privileges like
those of our House of Commons. They have long complained
of certain grievances, and the representatiVes of the people,
having in vain attempted to gain a redress. of these griev-
ances, have adopted the perfectly constitutional means of
stopping the supplies. And now a measure is proposed, to
get an Act passed for empowering the Governor to take the
moneys of the people out of their pockets without the consent
of their representatives, thus violating the constitution we
gave them—that constitution which expressly says no money
shall be paid but by the sanction of
.the people.—(Hear.)
Gentlemen, this evil thing is not yet done, and no vote
has yet been given upon the measure ; his Majesty's Mini-
sters may therefore retrace their steps with perfect honour
to theritselves, if they will do so.—( Cheers.) May they
be induced to abstain from so gross an evil—may they be
induced to listen to the solemn and earnest entreaties of
their best and their truest friends—may they be induced to
abstain from so gross an act of oppression, from so foul a
blot upon their fair fame, and not disgrace their liberal and
generous conduct by such -a proceeding !—(Loud cheers.)
The Hon. Baronet sat down amidst the most enthusiastic
cheering, all the company again rising to . signify their ap-
probation of the sentiments he had expressed.
Henry Marshall, Esq., one of the vice-chairmen, gave
" The town of Leeds." George Wailei, Esq., barrister-at-
law, gave:" Justice to Ireland." H. H. Stansfield, Esq.,
gave-•" :-"file Members fur the West Riding of Yorkshire."
Joshua Bower, Esq., gave °` The Ballot." Mr. Flint gave
" Lord. Brougham, and an efficient system of general edu-
catkin."' Mia Cummings gave °° The Liberal Candidates
for Bradford, Halifax, Knaresborough, Pontefract, and
Leeds," which was responded to by Mr. Robinson, the new
Liberal candidate for Knaresborough, who concluded by
giving " The Liberal Press." Several other toasts were
given, and between eleven end twelve o'clock these. most
interesting festivities were brought to a close.

THE EDGWARE-itOAD TRAGEDY.—The Observer,
Of Sunday Next, which was the first paper to announce the dis-
covery of a clue to the perpetrator of the atrocious murder
of the poor woman whose mutilated remains were discovered
in the Edgware-road, will contain full particulars of the arrest
of the murderer, with the confession, and a variety of other
interesting circumstances connected with this monstrous
tragedy, with a full report of the examination on Saturday.—
Price of the Observer Five-pence. Office, 170, Strand.
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GIBRALTAR, MARCH have just witnesse
the performance of the Minos, French steamer, in rescuing the
Pembroke, 74 guns, from a very dangerous position. We
have had a violent levanter for the list two days, and the
Pembroke had taken up her anchorage in the usual place
for men-of-war. There came on a violent swell from the
south-west, to which the bay is exposed, and before the
Pembroke could get a.vay the wind changed and became
more violent, but still from the eastward, with heavy squalls
and eddies, caused by the rock of Gibraltar. She drifted
and actually touched the ground, although with three anchors
out. This morning one of her larger -anchors, gave way,
and she came chase to a dangerous reef of rocks opposite
the town ; but Le Minos set her steam going and dragged
her . off, right against the wind, in floe style, until she was
safely
.placed beyond the dangerous influence of the rock of
Gibraltar. The isthmus that connects this rock with the
main land is long and low, and the town and bay are on
the west side of the rock, so that when the wind is easterly
it comes round at both extremities and forms a westerly
wind opposite the town. Altogether the rock is nearly
three miles in length, and quite steep on its eastern side ;
there are not 150 acres of land capable of cultivation on it, and
these arc laid out for garden or pleasure-ground, full of
cactus, aloes, and other southern plants, which in. England
grow only in hot-houses—cactuses eight feet high !
GOOD FRIDAY.—Good Friday (says a corres-
pondent of the Hell Observer) is kept as a fast in commemo-
ration of the sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ for the sins
of the world, and is generally accounted a day of extraordinary
devotion. Our Lord was crucified 'on the day before the
Jewish Sabbath, which, being kept on our Saturday, the cru-
cifixion consequently happened on the preceding Friday, and
must have taken place on Friday, the 3d of April, in the
thirty-third year of his age, for that was the only Friday
on which a passover full moon fell,• from the twentieth to
the fortieth year of our Saviour, reckoned 'from the vulgar
sera of his birth. Hence it is evident that the darkness
which fell on the world at our Saviour's crucifixion
could not be occasioned by a natural or regular eclipse
of the sun ; for he was put to death at the than of the
passover, and that festival was always kept at the time
of the full moon. Another reason, which of itself were
sufficient to prove the darkness in question to be supernatural.
is, that in a regular, or natural eclipse of the sun, the moon's
shadow, by which it is occasioned, ean never cover more of the
earth's surface than a space of abcut 180 miles in diameter at
any time, and the shadow or darkness she occasions moves or
passes over that space in about four minutes of our time ; con-
sequently, a total darkness, caused by a natural eclipse of the
sun, can never List longer than that time ; but the darkness at
our Saviour's crucifixion was not only the greatest ever known,
but it was total for the space of three hours, and overspread, at
least, the entire kingdom of Judea. An intelligent philospher
will find nanny opportunities of observing that nature, and phi-
losophy which explains the phenomena of nature, do. always
agree with divine revelation.
The following was the supper which Bishop Ridley
had the night before be suffered. It will show the manner of
living and the price of 'provisions at the time:—" Bread and
ale, 3d., shoulder of mutton, 9d., a pig, lid., a plover, 4d.,
wine, lid., and cheese and pears, 2d., in all 23. 60." At
this supper lie behaved with as much case and cheerfulness as
ever ; in the former part of the evening he washed his beard
and his legs, and at supper invited the company to his mar-
"
riage next morning. ‘! Quiet } ourselves, aid he, " ray
breakfast will be suffice hat sharp and painful, yet I am sure
my supper will be more pleasant and easy."
A commission of lunacy having been issued by the
Lord Chancellor to inquire as to the lunacy of Mr. John
Barham, M. P. for Kendal; the inquisition was taken on Theirs-
day last, at the Eyre Arms, St. John's Wood, before the
Commissioners, Messrs. Phillimore, Blount, and Murray, and
a highly respectable Jury, who, after hearing the .evidence
of Drs. Sutherland, Monro, and Southey, and a personal
examination of Mr. Barham, returned a verdict that he was
then, and had been since the tlst of April last, of unsound
mind.