The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-20 00:00:00

tu. e age. He believed these .was no one at that meeting
who would blame the acts of these men. He was sure their
was no one to object to their conduct, and though they were
long gone to that bourne from whence no traveller-returns,
their memory would live -in the affections of a grateful poste-
rity. He could see:no necessity for raising a pyramid to these
men----a two foot stone, or a plate of brass, recording their
memories, and those by whom it was erected, would, in his
opinion, be sufficient. They had heard some poetry to-
day, and he would suggest that a stanza, written by the
poet-laureat, shbuld be-engraved on it —(Cheers.)
Mr. POTTER, M.P., in seconding the resolUtion, observed
that his father resided in a small village in Yorkshire; and
he had often beard him express his indignation at the man-
ner in which- these men had been treated. The Hon.
Member concluded his rarnarks, which were very imper-
fectly heard, by expressing his hearty concurrence in the
resolution.
Pr. WADE was a member of the same University with
the Rev. Mr. Palmer, one of the sufferers, and f e could
speak to the extraordinary magnanimity and courage whieli
Mr. Palmer had displayed in the University of Cambridge.
They might not, perhaps be aware that it would be ruin to a
man to show his independence or liberality at that Univer-
sity It was the hot-bred of the aristoer acy, of political
Bishops, and of the regal privileges of. primogeniture.
He could liken:. them to nothing hut a certain as-
sembly in India called " The 'Flings," who strangled all
their enemies.—(Hear,' hear.) Mr. Palmer had tl ere
stood up for liberal opinions, and . be stood almost alone.
Even in the present day he knew a most distinguished.and
virtuous young man, who, because he was a Jew, was de-
prived of all the advantages which these establishments
were calculated to confer. In the seam way the D4se ,ters
were excluded, and also the Catholics, whose ancesto's
founded those UniVersities-, and a. branch of Whom, the .le-
suists, had introduced Greek literature into those establish-
ments. These persons were, forsooth, to !ra ;so the advantages
of the university, because they could not swallow oaths snit!
Morrison's pills,H(Langhter and cheering.)—They must
unite for the sake of the people out of doors. The
whole empire must unite to obtain universal education,
end they must not rest till all parties, whethe r
Dissenters or not had admission into the Universities,—
(Cheers.) He-honoured Palmer for abandoning the Church
of England, rather than abandoning his principles ; lie
.wished to see thC Church of England separated from
the State.—(Continued cheering.) He was in the
abstract, though a Christian, an advocate for the voluntary
principle.—(Cheers.) What had St. Paul said ? " Where
there was liberty, there was the Spirit of the Lord."
The inference therefore was, that where- there was not
liberty, there was not the Spirit of the Lord.
It was the Church, and the Church alone, that had caused
the disunion that had taken place between England
and Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) lt depended upon the
meeting whether the cause was rendered a good one
or not.--( Hear.) If the cause was rendered a good
,one the monuments that would be erected would be the
resurrection of the whole people.----(Great cheering.) He
considered. these • five martyrs to represent the five great
principles of Radical Reform, and also one far-
ther principle , right—that of independence of all
political party. `These martyrs had been persecuted
by the Tories, because they associated with the working
classes, but now the Tories associated within themselver-
-(Cheers.) They said that they were unworthy of the
ropresentation because the Devil bad entered into the
s:vine.—(Great laughter.) The Devil, if he mistook not
had a peculiar stye, which he supposed lie dared not men
tion for his own flock in this country.—(Laughter.)
(We shall giVe the conclusion in a Second Edition.)

From the • improved state of the barometer during
' the midlle of the past week, there was a corresponding im-
prove rent in the public health; but the great and sudden
change on Friday night has again caused several cases of cough
and cold, and some instances of rheumatism. As a natural
conslquence of the mutability of the weather, the influenza,
previously very much on the decline, is again,, to a certain ex-
tent, putting forth its power. '
No less than 150 deaths have taken place within
the borough of • Frome, during the last three weeks, from the
effects of influenza alone.—.6evizcs Gazette.
No fewer than one hundred persons have died in
Norwich during the last week, fifty of whom were buried on
Sunday.—. Burl Herald.
The influenza is prevailing to a fearful extent in this
island (Isle of Man). There is not one family free from
the disease,. which has proved mortal in several instances.—
Mona's Herald.

During the last three weeks a great number of
horses, sheep, and cows, have died in our neighbourhood of
the influenza.— Taunton Courier.
There is still a great mortality in Berlin. The
number of persons suffering from the grippe had decreased to
one-third; but within these feW days, the weather, too, being
very fine and dry, the cases have increased i►► an extraordinary
manner.—German Paper.
We understand that the number of funerals which
took place in the borough of Stockport on Sunday last was 731.
Of the 52 prebendal stalls in Lincoln Cathedral
during the last 400 years, 51 of them have produced bishops,
and every diocese in England has, during the same time, had
bishops who have been prebends of Lincoln.—Lincoln Ga-
zette.

It has been stated. from authority, in the Isle of
Man, that the Government arc about to plac.3 an Admiralty
steam-packet, for the conveyance of the mail between that
island and Liverpool.—. Cumberland Packet.
A cotton-manufactotv, on a most extensive scale, is
abOut to be erected in the immediate vicinity of Newcastle,
and which, it is believed, Is ill be a great benefit to the poor
ofthe town.—Tyne -111:ereury..
At a dissenting Meeting-house in Exeter on. Su-
nday-• •
last, the Clark's place being supplied by a rustic deputy,
`the latter, in a most audible voice, gave notice that a petition
for the ABOLIATION of Chtirch-rates was lying for sig-
nature in the room behind.
The elopement-of a young naval officer, highly re-
spectably connected,- with a pretty daughter of a publican in
this town, has caused some little talk for these last few days.
It appears that the parties had been secretly married some time.
The young gentleman has incurred the serious displeasure of
his ffiends.---Brighton Herald.
At a fire in New York, a gentleman rushed up stairs
through the crackling flames, and brought down an infant,
which he snatched from the burning cradle, and handed it to
its mother. " May the blessings of St.- Patrick light upon
you for saving the little crater I but won't yer honour be good
enough to go up again, and save me a barrel of flour what's in
the pantry ?"

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The Doncaster town council have voted 3301. ou
of their funds towards the ensuing Doncaster races.—Don.
caster Gazette.

Thomas ,UnderwoOcl, Esq., late in the Collectors•
office, Dublin, has been appointed Comptroller of Customs at
Chepstow..

We are enabled to announce the appointment of the
following, Barristers to Reeorderships :—Mr. Jardine to be
Recorder of Bath, Mr. Chilton to be Recorder of Gloucester,
and Mr. J. G. Smith to be Recorder of Hereford.
The new packet ship Mcdia!or, Captain Champlin,
arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday night, in the unusually
short passage of 16 days from New York,
The Columbus, the New Yolk packet of the Ist
lust., was off Liverpool on Saturday night. She was ex-
pected.to reach the port by ten o'clock. Tier letters and papers
will be in town to-morrow.

His Majtsty's revenue steamer Vulcan has been
unable to leave the port of Poole, in consequence of all the
Lands on board Mpg laid up with the influenza.—Dorset
Ll/4ronicle.

The Siamese twins are- in. Wilmington, Delaware,
Chang hag fallen in love with a young girl there. She'says
that she is willing to marry him, but objects to taking Eng, too.
John Minter Hart, the convicted bill forger,- was a
native of Dover.

The Dean and Chapter of Lincoln-Cathedral have
protested against the Report of the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners. They object to the suppression of the prebendal stalls,
asserting, that the prebendaries form a highly proper and use-
ful link between the higher and lower grades of the clergy.—
Lincoln Gazette.
The Radicals of 'Gainsborough are about to peti-
tion the Government for a charter of incorporation.--Lincoln
Gazette.

•
Sir George Crewe, Bart., has, presented the church
of Smisby with a splendid corm-minion serviee.—Dirby
Mercury.

A wild wag of a tailor, in Baltnnore, thinks it must
be mighty cold in Abingdon, " for they have no thermometer
there, and it gets just as cold as it pleases."
Mr. Ormsby' Gore, who has for some time been
suffering from a severe attack of influenza, at his residence in
Portland-place, is, we are happy to say, so far recovered . that
it is expected he will be able to resume his Parliamentary du-
ties in a few days:
M. de Morlincourt, who inherited the property of
Sir E. Hailes, died at Passy four dad's ago. lie had married
the daughter of the late Admiral de:Cercy.
Mr. Rennie having been u►ider 'the necessity of rc-
signing the Professorship of Zoology, King's College, Mr.
Thomas Bell, the distinguished naturalist, li:s been appointed
to.the vacated chair.—Medical Gazette. '

. The following notice, which 'has just been issued
by the East India. Company from their Establishmerit in
Leadenhall.street, is of importance to :the. Tea Trade )
" Application having been made for an extenilon of the prompt
of the tea sale held in Deccrnber If4st, the Court of Directors
of the East India Company do hereby giv.e notice that the
prompt.is accordingly postponed from Friday the SI March,
1837, to the 14th April, 1837, on condition that such of the
buyers as shall avail themselves of the postponement do on or
before the 3d March pay a further deposit of one pound per
chest, the balance of which may remain due- after payment of
such deposit, being chargeable with interest at the rate of five
percent. per annum, the customary fees not ly:ing charied."
Two cases of suicide, in both of which a xcrdict
Feb Uf
o de se was returned, are reported in the .1)04,0a Gaiette
of last Thursday,