The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-15 00:00:00

COPY OF THE ANSWER.

" This chink of hope, which you now see, we, a
part of the patriots, saw a long time ago, and we
gave proofs of it by putting ourselves in motion
already before the events of France took place. Our
plans, our desires our sacrifices, and our union
amongst all the Chiefs, who put ourselves in action,
are notorious to all the world. We possess that
union, which alone can produce a happy result. If,
as it is to be hoped your patriotism, and from your
promises, you sincerely desire the same thing—if
you choose to employ, for the sake of our country
and of liberty, your influence, your resources, and
your person—l am ready to combine with you my
efforts whenever you please, provided that the same
be not in opposition to prior engagements which I
have contracted with my companions, nor do I any
longer delay the desired declaration. This I beg to
state in answer to your letter of yesterday's date,
which I received at two o'clock this afternoon.

(Signed) "FRANCISCO VALDES.
"To Senor Don Francisco Eva y Mina.
I,ll3yonne, Oct. 2."

TILL TOWER MOAT.

,The Duke of Wellington, as Constable of the Tower,
having issued his order fur the cleansing and deepening of
the Tower-moat, workmen are now busily employed in the
,process. The moat is to be deepened four feet all round
the Tower. The water in the moat was allowed to run
off; pieces of wood were laid across the bed at short
distances, in the form of ratline, upon this foundation a
rail-way in miniature is constructed ; the mud, a thick
rich compost, invaluable manure, is collected into square
boxes, on wheels ; these are pushed along the railway by
the labourers with very little trouble. The contents of
the boxes are dropped into a barge, moored in front of the
" Traitor's Gate ;" the soil thus collected is taken up the
river fur the use of the rearera of " Battersea plants," and
other agriculturists. The Tower Moat has not been
cleared since the days of Charles IL, and the labourers
constantly keep an eager look-out, in the hopes of finding
coins, and other valuables ; but beyond a plain halfpenny
or two, nothing further has been heard of. however,
that there are watches, trinkets, coins, &e., embedded in
the mud, cannot he 4oubted. It is stiried that the no-
torious Mull Cutpurre, one night having robbed a gentle-
man of his gold repeater on Tower-hill, fearing detection,
threw it into the moat, and it has never since been seen.
When the water was drawn off, a considerable number of
the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets were present, and
appeared to anticipate an almost miraculous draught of
fisher ; but in this they were miserably disappointed, a
single basket of eels, and these of ordinary size, being all
that was obtained. This is accounted fur in the fact, that
the fish coins in with the title and retire with it.

The Academie Franeaise, in Paris, at its last
sitting, bestowed the prize of 15,000 francs (6000 an.
nually given as the reward of acts of virtue, to the
wounded en the three glorious days in July. The
prizes for works most useful to general morality
were thirs awarded :—To M. LAY, for hie work on
Political Economy, 8,000 francs (3200 ; to M.
C. Lucas, for his Treatise on the Penitentiary
latent in Europe and the United States, 6,000
francs (MO ; to M. Nortats, for his poem on the
" Immortality of the Soul," and M. ALISSAN nit CITAZET,
for his work entitled " Des Abuses des Loix et des
Mature," 3,000 francs (1201.) each. The subject of the
prize poem for the ensuing year, is the " Literary Glory
of France."

The funeral sermon preached by our Vicar,
the Rev. H. M. Wan sea, at St. Peter's Church, on the
.9d October, on the death of the late Rev. R. BRACKEN,
has been published at the request of numerous friends.
It is a very powerful and eloquent discourse, with a aim.
plicity of narration which can only flow from the pen of
a scholar and a gentleman. We extract that part which
relates same circumstances connected with his untoward
fate The manner of his death was necessarily announ-
ced with a suddenness that created a shock among all
classes of our population. It may, perhaps, he permitted
to me, who have had access to authentic and private
sources of information, by the mention of some particulars,
to soothe the pain ned satisfy the anxiety of your minds.
It will he, in the first place, matter of consolation to
you to know, that his death was not owing to any impru-
dence or inadvertency of his own, or others. Ile died,
in fact, by one of those accidents which none can foresee
or contioul—a snow-storm, which overtook hint on the
18th of September, while crossing the Alps. Tie:lath
which should have shown the way, was unhappily and
suddenly obliterated. What skill and intrepidity could do,
was done. - The whole company suffered extreme toil and
peril. Of the four travellers who on this calamitous day
entrusted themselves to their guide, two perished. The
frame of my friend, subdued by his recent bereavement,
sunk under the fatigue. Two lung hours his companions
supported him, until the continuance of an attempt to pre-
serve his life, must have proved not only abortive, but
fatal to all the rest. In the next place, it is a matter of
still higher consolation to know, that even upon this sudden
call to leave the world, he was perfectly resigned to death.
He was drawn by his companions to a spot a little sheltered
from the driving wind and snow. Them though he was
past the use of speech, a faint smile expressed a peaceful
•statement of mind, .and thus wrapped in his cloak, he
literally, and in the fullest extent of the scriptural ex-
pression.—` fell asleep.' A little further on, his brother-
in-law began to droop, and though encouraged by his en-
feebled companions, he too sunk, giving utterance to
these last wards,--' l will stay byre and die, do not let
me be the cause of your perishing.' Figure, to yourselves
their critical situation, and that state of alarm which each
silently felt, hut none dared to communicate to his neigh-
bour—the inclemency and bitterness of the weather to
men lightly clad for the endurance of fatigue,
and
aid of
•oold—their hands and feet benumbed...their hair covered
with ice—the snow still incessantly borne by a violent and
piercing wind, in such clouds as to produce the effect of
darknesa—the advance of night—.their progress so slow
that many minute* were occupied in a few steps. Figure
to yourselves these difficulties, and say, whether under
such circumstances men could do more; and judge bow
heartrending it must have been, to base left cotnpaoione,
in order to seek that assi,tance for their fallen sod expir-
ing friends, which they could not retailer thentselyet.
Such were the circumstance' of his deatle"—Beighfoo
Gazette,

The ranks of the English army are filled with
volunteers ; all trades and occupations in civil
life are carried on by volunteers ; the crews of
English merchant-ships are likewise formed of
men whose engagements have been entered into
of their own free will. How comes it that the
profession of a British man-of-war's-man, is the
only one which, full of honour and excitement
though it be, has not been considered by those
who manage the maritime interest of the nation,
as capable of supplying its own wants through a
fair and liberal address to the understandings of
the naval community ?
To do
they
to official persons, we must ad-
mit that they seldom manifest much repugnance
to, hear propositions for ameliorating the condi—
tion of the several departments which they pre-
side over, however tardy or unwilling they may
he to act upon such suggestions.
On the great point of correcting those sys-
Ittmatic vices in the marine which tend to alienate
`Me minds of seamen from the King's servicer,it,
appears that Lord Melville, so long ago as the
year 1815, permitted a pamphlet to be addressed
to him on the subject of impressment, in which
were contained a considerable number of regula-
tions for encouraging seamen generally, by hold-
ing out such prospects of advancement in the
navy as might induce men to supersede the ne-
cessity of impressment by volunteering, or, if it
were unavoidable, to soften and mitigate its
rigour.

You must endeavour to dispense with foreign-
ers; lay down fixed rules for impress, and adhere to
them; and then you will have British seamen : this
will prevent desertion, lower wages, and cause us to
retain that superiority over other nations, which it
is the object of the present letter to promote.
" Having so far considered the cause of the want
of seamen, and their aversion to the navy, I shall
now offer what I conceive necessary to do it away :-
Ist. It is necessary that the officers of the navy
should be taught, that one of the first duties of an
Aker is to gain the confidence and good-will of the
men by example, and regular conduct, for this is the
foundation of good discipline. Example will al-
ways
have ten times more effect than rules. They
should also study and know the character of their
men ; and it should be particularly impressed
upon them, that a correct and respectable
deportment is requisite ; for every instance
of improper conduct on their part is certain to alie-
nate the minds of the men from their dicers; and
perhaps there is no description of people, who, from
their peculiar habits of life, look with a more jealous
eye upon the treatment they receive than seamen.
To command them with effect, attention is requisite
to their comforts, and as far as the nature of the ser-
vice will allow,. every reasonable indulgence of
liberty. 'Although much has been done during the
present war to render the service more agreeable to
the minds of men, by a relaxation of punishment and
attention to their comforts, yet much more may be
done without injury to the service. The language
too often made use of (particularly by young 61117.
crrs) only renders them despicable in the eyes of the
men, and irritates their minds against them. Sorry
am I to say, that the youth training for-officers in the
navy, are not, generally, so rigidly attended to by
their superiors as they ought to be. The merchant.'
service requires much more study to command men,
there is no doubt, not having any particular code of
marine laws for that service: another thing which
ought to be inculcated too—l have seen men brought
into a state of as good discipline by method and
knowledge, as ever was done by the strong arm of
power. Officers who go on board of merchant-
ships to impress, should preserve a respectful con.
duct to the commanders and officers; not only to
prevent that irritation of mind which their conduct
at the moment causes, but to guard against the bad
example it offers to seamen and apprentices, when
they see their officers treated with disrespect. What
a lesson, when you afterwards expect from them im-
plicit obedience !
" When men are impressed, and more particu-

lady when they enter, they should not be sent im-
mediately on a foreign station, until they visit the
port to which they belong; which might be done by
permitting them to find a proper substitute or to give
security to a certain amount. There are very few who
will not be able to obtain one or the other. A cer-
tain time of liberty should be then allowed them.
" The impress service should be confided to very
different persons from those to whom it is usually
intrusted, and who are the refuse of mankind. A
seaman never forgives the outrage cf being seized
upon by such miscreants; and so much are my own
feelings injured when I it take place, that I plead
excuse for the man who deserts his country and
friends. lam sorry to say that this abuse too often
arises from the shameful neglect of your own orders
to officers commanding gangs, who leave it to men
most improperly selected. A. gang is seldom headed
by a proper officer. The persons employed upon
that service should possess a knowledge of seamen,
with a great share of prudence. _ _

" When people are impressed from tiny ship, it
should be the duty of the officer who performs that
service, to afford the ship immediate help, and to
take her into her destined port ; arid their wages
ought to be secured to theM whilst on board, and
be under the cocaine' of the officers of such ship.
" No impress should take place abroad, except
under the most imperious necessity, and rules should
be laid down for its proper regulation.
" No ship bound to a foreign ►station should be
permitted to send on board of out ward-bound vessels,
and take from them one or two men, as is too often
the case at present, contrary to orders of Govern-
ment. It is also necessary that apprentices should
be protected by some such rules as I shall hereafter
ley down ; and if any officer transgress them, that
he be amenable to punishment.
" When men have served a certain time in the
navy, according to rank, situation, and trade, they.
should be freed from-impress, agreeably to certain
regulations, different situations and tonnage of
ships; making a difference between those who have
entered, those who are impressed, and those Nvho
have left their country, during the time of %%qtr., to
evade their services in the navy. Perhaps the
following propositions would give the outlines to
obtain the object in view.
" The East India trade, as now conducted, is a
waste of men instead of raising theta, having no
apprentices as seamen .(except officers, servants, and
midshipmen are 'considered • as such, which I do
not): while they can sail their ships with foreigners
and Lascars no change will take place. 'I his trade
ought, at least, to raise as many seamen as it now
gives you, instead of drawing upon the navy, or other
trades, to answer its purpose.* What advantage
Government can possibly deem they obtain by the.
present mode, is beyond my comprehension. That
it tends to impede the raising of seamen, is sufficient
proof against it, without advancing any thing further
upon the subject. - With respect to this trade,
should propose that at the cominencement of the

44 * It is an understood arrangement_ between Govern-
ment and the East India Company, or the owner" of
that each ship shall tarn over it► India A certain 'number
of British seamen to the ships of war on the siation this
is a negative mode of raising rnen for the navy.

" The West India Dock system at present, with
respect to apprentices, causes the loss of at least
1,000 seamen annually.
"In the American, Mediterranean, and Baltic
trades, the first mate, if he has served one year in
the navy, should be exempt from the impress; se-
cond mute, four years; boatswains and carpenters,
six years ; gunners, stewards, and cooks, seven years,
seamen, eight years, &c.
" In the coal and coasting trades, first mate, three
years; second mate, five years; other officers, seven
years ; and seamen, eight years, &c.
" No vessel under fifty tons should protect a
master, except he has served three years in the
navy, unless such vessel have two apprentices be-
longing to her; one of whom Shall be seventeen
years of age, or upwards, when indentured.
" Ships employed in the Greeidand trade and
fisheries should have regulations adapted for their
purpose, suitable to the above • apprentices the same.
All running ships and packets should carry four
' apprentices to every ten of her complement of men,
half of each class.

" All ships •under the British flag' sailing to or
from Europe, should be manned with British-born
subjects, at least, to the extent of two-thirds of her
complement, with their proportion of apprentices.
" A certain regulation should take place with re-
spect to men in all other water employment, for
whom I do not pretend to offer regulations, from
want of informatiOn on the subject. ,

" Transports should have three apprentices, to
every 100 tons; half of whom should be above
seventeen when indentured.

" Apprentices should not be allowed to enter into
the navy, without the approbation of their masters;
and, in that case, the unexpired time of their appren-
ticeship should not be allowed as a part of the term
of exemption, and the regular bounty should be
granted to their musters.
" All men who have performed their service in
the navy, agreeable to these rules, shmild have a de-
cided preference, as long as their conduct deserves
it, during and after a war, in all shipping employ-
ments belonging to Government, public docks, pilot-
age, &c., and the freedom of any town in the king-
dom where they might choose to settle or reside
after the war, should be theirs by right. No man
should be allowed to transact the business of a ship-
broker, by. offering ships to the transport service,
or sell for the Admiralty, or be employed in other
naval Government concerns, unless ha has served
the country. by sea.
" It would be desirable to institute public schools,
founded upon voluntary contributions, in or near sea-
ports, devoted to the education of the children of
persons actually serving in the navy ; and even when
their service expires, the education might be con-
tinued; but this must be regulated by the extent of
the funds.

" At the conclusion of a war, or upon the expire.
tion of the time of servitude, the men should be con.
y veed, free of expellee, to their nearest place of re.
sidence.

" That no ship should be allowed to sail out-
wards, at the commencement of a war, with more
than one-third foreigners for the first two years;
one-fourth for the third year; one-fifth for the
fourth ; one-sixth for the fifth year ; one-several'
for the sixth year; one-eighth for the seventh year,
and the remaining period of war. This may be go-
verned as circumstances require.
" Four years actually employed in the merchants'
service should be equal to two years in the navy.
" A certain portion of lieutenants employed in
the navy should be taken from those who have
been brought up in the merchants' service.
" All masters, and half the mates and midshipmen
in the navy, should be required to have served three
years in the mercantile service.
" All trading merchant4hipping, in a political
point of view, ought never to have direct taxes
laid upon them, with a view, if possible, to restore
the carrying trade we formerly had, but which is
comparatively much diminished. This is absolutely
necessary to keep up the number of seamen reqUired
to man our navy.
" I offer these suggestions to your Lordship, under
a strong impression of their utility ; and I feel per-
suaded that the outline I have drawn, when syste-
maticelly arranged, would, in the course of a few
years' war, supply the navy to its full extent, with
merchant-stamen ; .would conquer the aversion our
seamen at present feel to the naval service; and be
fully adequate to render it more eilieient in officers
and men, and blend the two services together.
" I have no doubt some of my remarks will not
receive the sanction of officers in the navy, as it is
their wish to keep the services distinct. To their
objections-I would reply that it was to an obstinate
adherence to regulations, which should vary with
circumstances, many of the evils which attended
Europe since the year 1789, to the close of the
war, were mainly owing. From this pertinacity on
our part, Bonaparte derived almost as Much
advna-
tuge as he did from his 'Abilities, enterprise, uud
judgment, partieulerly in the first part of his career.
To the same cause we might. ascribe the loss of
many thousands of men, and millions of money, in
the West Indies. And the same may be said of
the American war with respect to their privateers.
Allow me to ask you, my Lord, if the Americans
or perhaps British mercantile oviform .in .Americau
privateers, have not convinced us that their judgment
in annoying our trade was more than equal to the
judgment displayed by our naval men in opposing
them.
"By allowing men the liberty of retiring from the
navy at the
.expiration of fixed period, it will pre-
vent them Prom leaving the country at the com-
mencement of a war; it will els) have -the effect to
induce them to cuter freely, and. greatly lessen the
temptation to desert. In this case they will have
utt object in view, after a certain seriitinle, which,

*. This business, report says, afforded to tnu Can,
pang, not seamen, during a part of the late War, fruit
*5,000/, to *s,oool. per annum, 1 broke the charm,

commenced at the early,plitt of ,life, will not appear
long, partieularly to respectable young men, who
look forward to prensation in the ineOhania'service,
and r who will have ties upon thenil`o keep them in
the country. These will not now enter into the sea-
service, from having fear of being impressed, and
their hopes blasted through life..
" The motive I have in proposing that-officers in
employ should only enter for *given time, and allow
their places to be filled with men that have served
in the navy, and who should be afterwards exempt,
is, that we may have men to train our youth 'as sea-
men, whom we have not had for a nuniber-of yearn.
By fixing the period of service at nearly three yea'',
no loss will accrue, as their places will be filled, at
the expiration of that period, by the first Class of
apprentices; and, when the time of their discharge
arrives, many of them will, no doubt, remain in the
service; as it will be difficult for all of them to get
employment in merchant vessels.
" I should propose that the most rigid attention
be given to 'rules laid down on the return of these
men into the merchants' service, and thet 'they
should be free from impress for life. This will have
mire effect on the rising generation than all the
other inducements you can hold nut; anti it will
induce them, as soon as they obtain their freedom,
to encourage others to enter the service, instead of
raising their aversion to it as they do at'present'.
" In recommending two Classes of appreiiiices,
my object is to raise in the course Of the three' first
years,- when a few' officers will begin to be dis-
chargeC,lt number of men, not boys, who, although
not able seamen, will, in all probability, acquire More
experience in that time, than they would' do in
seven years in the navy. They Will also be better
adapted at that age for merchant ships; fewer
British seamen will be required in that service,
whilst the arrangement would reduce one-half, at
least, of the foreigners now' allowed to be employed.
The second class of 'younger apprentices :have teen
frequently- impressed, at surd even under 18-years of
age, after hiving bean fliYee ,years-at see,- during
which time they have hardly been- worth to the
owners the food they consumed; whereas, were two
years' more servitude allowed them, it would be
greatly to the advantage of the owners, and tend to
the improvement of the boys : as these grew up,
the masters would take younger apprentices, so as,
in time, nearly to man their-ships by such means.
A regulation to this effect would, if the war con.,
tinued, man the' merchant service, after the first six
years, with British seamen; and the overplus would
be adequate to the naval service of the country in
its fullest extent, and which then would have none
but regularly bred seamen."—Times.

LINCOLN MEETING.

(From the Newark Times.)

By a reference to our report, it will be seen
that u meeting of the county of Lincoln has
taken place, for the purpose of petitioning for a
repeal of the Assessed Taxes; but which ended
by a petition solely for the repeal of the Tax
upon Malt. Of the injustice of 'the Malt Tax,
and of its impolicy, we have already spoken
most fully ; nor are we aware that we can add
more to our observations. Its injustice is ap.
parent, as affecting meat particularly the .former
and the labourer. Its impolicy is evident from
the fact that, even if the revenue should require
the fund which the Malt Tax supplies, it could
be obtained from other sources much less nation-
ally objectionable, and to a much greater extent
in its receipts. But there are other taxes, Which
weigh heavily upon the great consumers of corn,
as well as upon the growers of corn, the removal
of which would be of essential relief to the great
body politic,—we mean the Window and House
Tex; and it is therefore to us a matter of re.
Bret, that the petition should have been confined
to an individual tax. Suspicion will get abroad
most naturally, that .county meetings are nothing
but agricultural meetings ; and that the voice
only of the landed interest is to be heard. Such
fault, it must be admitted, does; not rest with the
agriculturists ; and that they alone at these meet-
ings should be the principals, nay, the only movers,
has been a matter of surprise, and also of sorrow.
But then, where are the tradesmen and the
maltsters ? Why are they not at their posts ?
The reason is but a very inefficient one,--4hat
petitioning is of no use. When petitions are
unattended to, remonstrance must follow ; and
the Senate being alive to that, will not treat with
indifference the public voice. It has been Hinted
to us, that the object of the petitioners was only
to raise the price of barley and to keep their
rents. There is some degree of plausibility in
this; for upon analyzing .those who principally
took an active part in the business, only one, we
believe, was a farmer. And it has been also
mentioned, 'that some of those most loud in
their demands, had several farms thrOwn upon
their hands, in consequence of the high rents.
We are among those who wish to see, and
would gladly aid, a county or any other meeting
of farmers, practical working farmers, to petition
the Legislature to repeal certain taxes, that it
might compel landlords to lower their rents, and
not to raise them by having a burthen taken ow
their own back. This would be an important
measure, and such as would receive attention.
The proceedings of the day were of great
interest, they brought into collision ' the
right of a constituent to demand of a
Member his concurrence and support of the
petition, and the duty of the Member to. reply.
!qr. Healy, before ho moved , who should, pre •
sent the petition, asked Mr.. Chaplin whether he
would support it ? Mr. Chaplin not having
spoken upon it, refused to give an answer as a
matter of right,: but would as a matter of coin,.
tesy. With great deference, we think Mr.
Chaplin' bound to say, whether the petition
adopted at a county meeting, (whether that
meeting be large or email,) will be by him sup-
ported. Mr. Chaplin did not coincide With the
petition, and it was intrusted to the support of
Sir W. Ingilby, Sir Robert Heron, and Colonel
Sibthorpe, thus excluding the very Member who
should have supported it. At the two county
meetings we have attended, we, have certainly
seen a disposition of a party rather to taunt Mr.
Chaplin than to conciliate; and he, perhaps,
pluming himself upon his conscious rectitude of
intention, treats with contempt the efforts made
to induce him to bow to their wishes, or to unite
with their measures.. It was ucircuinstutife re.
dounding much to his honour, that during the
period be bad been a. representative, be tierce
had solicited at the bandit of Government anv
favour. This was stated by the Rev. IL Sib-
diorite, who, in his addreis, stated, that' which
we hope most lamilords will soon either be com-
pelled, or will willingly state and act 111)011, that
they had redueed their rents GO per cent. The
petition adopted, we doubt not, will be most
loadgned ;
we
at its t}►cs
ee'lo*u'llinttill y:au Istlialalyablseei every a again braeiset
obtwill alry:);Ittl;:iinnfi::111
their addresses.

THE n'ARLDOM'OF STIRLIN(i.—Ti. ii day
(()et. I 1 ), the service of the ltighelloti. A t.rx N o it Earl
Sttetatttl, es heir of Wtia.t.tat, the fir +t Earl, l‘'ht.
matted the litth of February, 1840, procee,le+lin the To++ o
Court of Qutoolete, before e 'most resit loot
gent jury, who.ttrutoitnously found hiut to be htwfol
nearest heir whosoever to the seW dewased E ot.—ledist-
bursiis Courant.

THE NEW POLICE.

ST, CLEMENT DANE. .

An adjourned meeting of the parishioners of St.
Clement Danes was held last evening in the vestry
room, near the church, to consider the question of
the abolition of the new police ; the Churchwarden
in the Chuir. There were about 170 or 180 per-
sons present, and these, with few exceptions, cer-
tainly not the most respectable of the parish. A
letter was read from the Rector, declining, on rea-
sons stated therein, to preside at this meeting, and
a second letter was read from the Vestry Clerk of
St. Leonard's, Slioreditch, requesting the co-opers-
tion of this parish, by the appointment of a deputy,
to assist them in the general effort for addressing
Parliament on the subject of the New Police.
Mr. FIUME.% one of the overseers, had drawn
up at petition on this subject, which he should read
to the meeting : he then adverted to the points of
objection made against the system, particularly the
additional expence it entailed on the parishes about
London : if it went on much longer, it would in-
crease pauperism throughout the metropolis.
Mr. DUNN said the expence of the New Police
was 2,3001., formerly it was only I,4ool.—(Hear,
hear.)—After some observations, he recommended
that the parishioners should indemnify the Church-
wardens in any expenses they- might incur by re-
fusing to pay the rates at all.--(Cries in the body of
the meeting, " One and all.")--He concluded by
read ng a series of resolutions strongly animadverting
on the New Police, and the system from which
they originated, the reading of which was fre-
quently interrupted by cries of " You're going too
far.")
Mr. RYLiND (barrister) spoke at considerable
length on the inefficiency and increased expence of
the police : in his experience the change was not
only without benefit, but wholly for the worse.

Mr. DowuNt adverted to the want of unity
among the old police, which was without that con-
cert and unanimity that were necessary to render
any system of police efficient. Complaints innu-
merable were forwarded against them to Parliament,
4,,and the Government—(Hear, hear)—the Minister
referred the matter to linvitisment, the proper tri-

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bunal, who inquired into and reported thereon. On
their report Mr; Peel had framed a Bill which went
unopposed through Parliament by their Representa.
"0 o tines and others..—(Clamour, and cries of " Hear,
hear.")—}le proceeded to eulogize the new system
for its unity of action, and said that the number of
robberies and offences had decreased under it.—

(Renewed clamour and hooting; one party evidently
wishing to hear only one side.)—He called for ex-
amination before they passed a sweeping condemna-
tin on all.—(Hear, hear.)--With regard to the
expense of the new system, considering the advan-
tages derived from it, he did not conceive them too
much.—(Hisses and clamour, which continued so
long that the Chairman was several times obliged to
state, that unless Mr. Dowling was heard he should
dissolve the meeting, which at length had the de-
sired effect.)---life concluded by moving tin amend-
ment of general inquiry into the subject.
The amendment was put, and negatived, when
the original resolutions were put, and carried by a
tremendous majority.